Got my sport ticket last Saturday!!

[Fooey]

I've been lurking and reading these posts for a few months now. A lot of negative views on flight training winging around here. And perhaps rightfully so.
There were a few times I wondered if it was worth the hassle. With thousands of pages to read and understand it is not an easy row to hoe. I have spent way more time in the books than in the plane. I decided that the hurdles I faced were standard practice so if I wanted to fly I had to play the game all the other pilots endured. It was up to me, not them, to get the ticket. With that mindset, whatever came up I did what was necessary to get through it and the process became easier. I am now a sport pilot and proud to be in the company of others that have done the same.

Fly safe and fly often,
Fooey

PS- When you are flying home from the checkride with that big a** grin on your PIC face you will realize all the temporary hassle was worth every minute!!

[ka7eej]

CONGRATULATIONS... GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!!

[bryancobb]

Have fun and STAY FAR AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS!

[NismoRR]

Congratulations Pilot! Enjoy and be safe! The reading and learning has really just begun.

[drseti]

I have spent way more time in the books than in the plane.

That's exactly as it should be. Time in the plane makes you an airplane driver. Time spent in study makes you a pilot. (Which you now are -- congratulations!) And, since the books can be read in any weather, at any time of the day or night, and don't have Hobbs meters attached to them, they give you a far better return on investment, in the long run, than just concentrating on flying time.

Now, to out, have fun, fly often, and stay safe!