I want to be a bird!!!

fox_hound_33 SG

Does anyone here have any experience flying? I mean recreational flying such such as flying light- aircrafts, microlights, trikes, gliders etc.

I have always wanted to learn how to fly. I came across this flying school in Malaysia (http://climbmax.org/) that teaches trike flying. Sounds interesting and i am thinking of taking up the course. If anyone here has any experience, knowledge, opinion etc etc please share.

Rejected SG

go fly kite lah.

rathcycle SG

No experiece, but can tell you it’s confirm dangerous.

rathcycle SG

you gum phua mean leh.

fox_hound_33 SG

go fly kite lah

Already did that, no fun le Confused

Urroh SG

This doesnt correspond with your title.. Rolling Eyes

newcomer SG

you want to fly eloplane har?

mrsmall SG

topic not related to your thread title
Surprised sucks

kaeden SG

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2xHp4otT1rI

this looks fun

OasisBlue SG

was wondering can i learn how to fly a plane if i have short sightedness? no rite?

fox_hound_33 SG

topic not related to your thread title
Surprised sucks

This doesnt correspond with your title

Literally it does not, figuratively it does.

Diesel_Dimension SG

Urroh SG

You say you want to be a bird not I want to fly like a bird so
figuratively it doesnt.. how can you be a bird?

Rolling Eyes

fox_hound_33 SG

was wondering can i learn how to fly a plane if i have short sightedness? no rite?

Well, it depends on what kind of aircraft you wana fly. Entry requirements for flying fighter jets or commercial airplanes are quite stringent. They might take in people with less than perfect eye sight but only after special consideration.

The one i am talking about deals with light aircrafts flown for a hobby. Eyesight or for that matter, age, height, weight etc are not very important. As long as you are of acceptable physical condition, they will take you in (and of course, you got to show them the money!!! Very Happy ).

sgFish SG

how old are you?

i'm currently 17, doing my private pilot's licence course with the singapore youth flying club, just flew my first solo a few days ago. Part time flying is quite time consuming, not to mention cash consuming too. I'm rather priveleged to do it without paying for fuel and maintenance etc, as the club (which is affiliated to the RSAF) takes care of them...i just have to pay for study materials and any retakes of failed CAAS papers (there are 6 of them, i haven't taken any yet, hopefully i don't fail any).

I'm not sure if trike flying is similar to conventional light aircraft flying, but personally, i'd encourage you to take up either one if you know you'll enjoy doing something like that, as i do. If you're taking the course part time, make sure you can juggle flying and your job well, as it gets quite demanding sometimes (I have to be at seletar around 8 hours a week, either flying or having groundschool, in addition to my JC1 workload), and furthermore, you have to travel to malaysia to do it. But if you think you're up for it, I would say just go for it.

Have you tried seletar flying club yet? they operate cessna 172s out of seletar, and do PPL courses too...don't know about the cost. their website is http://www.seletar-flying-club.org/

all the best, and happy flying

sgFish SG

for private flying, eyesight correctable to 6/6 with the use of glasses are cleared for a class 2 aeromedical cert

fox_hound_33 SG

You say you want to be a bird not I want to fly like a bird so
figuratively it doesn't.. how can you be a bird?

So, you are telling me that if i had posted the thread under the title "i want to fly like a bird" you would have kept your mouth shut. Nice try dude.

If you are not able to relate figuratively how "i want to be a bird" relates to wanting to learn how to fly an airplane, you got to head back to school.

chenc SG

Oh. So you love planes. I thought you love cats

fox_hound_33 SG

@sgFish

Thanks for the info. As far as i know the flying clubs in Singapore do not fly light weight aircrafts such as trikes and gliders. They mostly have cessnas and such stuff. I am not really interested in learning to fly those. I prefer something like a trike since it gives a sense of total freedom(there is no enclosing cabin you see). Moreover, training at YFC is expensive.

Anyway, congrats on your first solo flight. How did it go?[/b]

the Bear SG

i'd rather leave my flying to the pilot of a jumbo jet i'm in Laughing

but what i am interested in is getting my paws on a sub-micro r/c helicopter Wink

been looking high and low around for a place which will help me put it together Wink