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No, but it will be a plane.

Thats right ladies and gents, I will be taking to the skies in control of a light aircraft for the first time next week!

If anyone is in Doncaster or Sheffield on wednesday and you hear a little prop plane above, give me a wave.

You're a crazy person. What's that quotation? "If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us magic flying hats."

I really wish I had a magical flying hat....

Great stuff. Before take-off you will be suprised how hard it is to taxi the plane - it's nothing like driving a car. And if your teacher is anything like mine they'll let you actually do the take-off, on your first flight! It's a blast! But they won't let you do the landing if they want to live.

Flying is more like steering a boat than anything else. Except in three dimensions.

Enjoy!

My missus got me a flying lesson for my 40th. I went to Blackpool for the lesson and I think it was a Cessna that I flew in - it felt so small trundling down that big wide runway designed for planes much bigger than the one I was in.
Have fun - I'm sure you'll enjoy it .

Yeah its a cessna Im going in. Cant wait, hope they do let me do the take off, though I'm not so concerned that they won't let me do the landing, I value not bursting into flames and dying.

Some years ago my son went on one of those flights and while I was waiting at the airfield for him to return I saw a guy standing outside the reception area frantically smoking a cigarette and visibly shaking. Assuming he was just nervous I said not to worry, it all seems very safe and there were many small planes taking off and landing all day with no problems. He looked at me for a second and said, “I’ve just been up and as soon as the plane levelled off we smelt and noticed smoke coming into the cockpit so the pilot had to land again very rapidly”. Still trying to ease the guy’s worries I said, well at least you’re down on the ground and all is well”, “No it bloody isn’t’, he said, “the pilot says I still have 45 minutes of my flight left and he’s gone to get another plane”....

Farlsborough wrote:You're a crazy person. What's that quotation? "If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us magic flying hats."

If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us tickets.

Robbie wrote:

Farlsborough wrote:You're a crazy person. What's that quotation? "If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us magic flying hats."

If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us tickets.

If God had wanted us to fly he wouldn't randomly make planes crash every so often.

I love how you guys fill him with confidence...

The safest place to sit is in the rear of a plane. In the total history of manned flight no plane hs ever reversed into anything in the air.... forwards yes, in reverse, no...

A J Irving wrote:

Robbie wrote:

Farlsborough wrote:You're a crazy person. What's that quotation? "If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us magic flying hats."

If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us tickets.

If God had wanted us to fly he wouldn't randomly make planes crash every so often.

If god* had wanted us to fly he wouldn't have** invented Spanish*** air-traffic**** control.

*I don't believe is using a capital letter here
** Not "of"
*** I do believe in using a capital letter here
**** No, there shouldn't be any hyphens in the English language; well done for spotting that.
(Yes, that was a correctly placed semi-colon)

Edit: to correct speeling. Damn!

Lawrence wrote:

A J Irving wrote:

Robbie wrote:

Farlsborough wrote:You're a crazy person. What's that quotation? "If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us magic flying hats."

If God had wanted us to fly, he'd have given us tickets.

If God had wanted us to fly he wouldn't randomly make planes crash every so often.

If god* had wanted us to fly he wouldn't have** invented Spanish*** air-traffic**** control.

*I don't believe is using a capital letter here
** Not "of"
*** I do believe in using a capital letter here
**** No, there shouldn't be any hyphens in the English language; well done for spotting that.
(Yes, that was a correctly placed semi-colon)

Edit: to correct speeling. Damn!

Mandrake wrote:no plane has ever reversed into anything in the air.... forwards yes, in reverse, no...

Unfortunately not quite true. Look up the Lauda Air crash of 1991 when the reverse thrusters kicked in - at 38,000ft. Not good.

TheStoner wrote:

Mandrake wrote:no plane has ever reversed into anything in the air.... forwards yes, in reverse, no...

Unfortunately not quite true. Look up the Lauda Air crash of 1991 when the reverse thrusters kicked in - at 38,000ft. Not good.

..... or what about if, just as you're taking off, a jumbo decides to ram you from behind (hmmm, innuendo anyone lol ??? ) .... not good if you're sat in the back (actually, not good wherever you're sat I suppose ).