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Help me reach for the sky!
Help me reach for the sky!
I love flying so much! It's truly freeing. It's lovely to see the surrounding area from a different view that not many people get to experience, and to learn how an aircraft truly behaves in flight.
There's a lot to learn and a lot of work to put in for me to earn my Private Pilot's License (PPL), but I'm ready for the challenge and to learn and work hard to reach my dream of obtaining my license.
As you may or may not know, depending on whether you're into flying or aviation, it is costly to build the minimum 45 hours required to get your Private Pilot's License (PPL). On top of the 45 hours minimum flying hours, there are exams and ratings too.
I'm very lucky to get a Flying Lesson whenever I have the funds to do so, which I'm very grateful to be able to get at all. I need the consistency of multiple flying lessons a year because I'm dyslexic; it can take longer to learn something fully, and going through things a few times to truly learn what I need to know, without the information fading away from memory from not being used. Having the consistency of flying lessons makes it easier to learn and retain the information in the long run.
If you would consider making a donation to my GoFundMe to help me raise the funds needed for me to get my Private Pilot's License (PPL). I would be extremely grateful for it.
I will be keeping my website up to date as much as I can to show my progress in chasing my dreams and to show you where your donations are going and what they're going towards in helping me get my Private Pilot's License. Anyone who donates will be credited on my website as a thank you if username is available.
Keeping you updated on my PPL progress
Keeping you updated on my PPL progress
See my progress on the image carousel as I build my flying hours and flying experience. Also see how the money is being used and where its coming from. All in real time!
I try my best to get vouchers and deals on my flying lessons to try and help keep the cost lower. I look for grants and scholarships and apply to all the ones I can to get funds for flying lessons. I also keep my eye out for flight training equipment people are selling like second hand books.
My flying progress
My flying progress
My very first flying lesson was self funded by my parents it was my birthday present for my 15th. It was fantastic! I was very excited to do flying lessons after I did an experience flight and was allowed to have a small go flying. After the experience flight I got the bug for flying, it will never leave! It was a bit of a shock when my fight instructor said I was the one flying the aircraft. I thought they where on the controls while I was (the controls in most training aircraft are dual control) but there wasn't in this instance it was just me flying. The flight instructor is there as a back up on the controls while you are flying and to teach you how to fly the aircraft. This fight was more about me learning how different controls effect how the aircraft behaves in fight, what they do and allowing me to feel confident and comfortable flying.
I was really looking forward and excited for the next flying lesson!
G-BSZV the Cessna 150F (Photo by @photographybyjoules on Instagram)
I have had a few fantastic flight instructors so far in my flight training with Aerohire.
Click here to learn more about Georgia Williams and more on what the Georgia Williams trust does.
G-BAZS Reims Cessna F150L
A huge thank you to the Georgia Williams Trust. From the grant, I have had two flying lessons and have got my first logbook.
On my second flying lesson, I learned the primary effects of each of the main flight controls in the first flight. e (it was very turbulent on that flight from the strong winds, it was harder to do much more in that lesson).
On the third flight, the weather was much better. A haze came in towards the end of the flight, but it wasn't a problem. In the lesson, I learned to taxi the aircraft, keeping straight and level flight, climbing, turns left and right and more on the controls. I also got my first log book, which is used to log the aircraft type, what aircraft it was, how long the flight was, what was covered in each lesson and a few other things. It was also my first radio call to Air Traffic Control (ATC).
The Georgia Williams Trust: Aims to generate funds and activities to help young children participate in activities that are both life-building and contribute to the local community. Georgia Williams was a local girl who unexpectedly lost her life in May 2013. She was an amazing girl who had big dreams and touched the lives of the people who were privileged to know her. She was larger than life, loved sport and being involved in things that could make a difference, whether it was at college or in the community. She was also hoping to join the RAF as a Medic and spent many years climbing the ranks to corporal with her local Squadron Air Training Corps (Air Cadets).
I am beyond honoured to be able to embrace my passion and help keep her memory alive.
The Telford and Wrekin young persons grant scheme is for anyone in the Telford and Wrekin council area. Anyone aged 15 to 25 can apply. The grant can be up to £500 and can go towards education, training and/or employment, equipment, and the travel costs of these opportunities. It can also be towards funding a small business or to help start up your own small business, as well as helping to pursue extracurricular activities to support learning and personal development.
G-AVWA Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (Photo by @photographybyjoules on Instagram)
A huge thank you to the Telford and Wrekin young person grant scheme. From this grant, I have had three flying lesson fully payed by the grant and one more lesson with adding to it from what was left over.
On the fourth flying lesson, I flew a different type of aircraft, a Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee. Normally, I fly a Cessna 150F. I thought it would be a good way to challenge my flying skills on a different aircraft type because different aircraft types behave in different ways, but every aircraft has its own quirks when flying; no aircraft is the same. Also, the cockpit layout is a lot different from the Cessna 150F. Some controls are in different places and are operated differently. I did the circuit for the first time! A Circuit is touch-and-go's. In the Circuit, I did two touch-and-goes and three landings and take-offs. It was really fun! I learned to do a standard take-off and climb, to be in the circuit, approaches and landings.
The fifth flying lesson was very similar to the first lesson with doing the circuit but adding in a little more like doing more of the radio calls to ATC while flying in the circuit. I also wanted to improve my climbing turns and landing. This being only my second time it was more about using what I had learned from the lesson before and making the most of it before moving on.
On my sixth flying lesson I did the circuit again but with my flight instructor giving me more to do on each circuit like the pre-landing check list and flaps. On my third flying lesson from this grant I got to fly a different type of Cessna. The Cessna 150A this type is a little smaller then the Cessna 150F and it starts like a diesel lawnmower with a pull string to start the engine, which I find kind of funny just because its quite quirky and unique. Doing the circuit this time was challenging because my flight instructor gave me more to do, not too much but enough to make it a good challenge! This time I did the pre-landing checklist, radio calls and controlling the throttle all while flying the aircraft for the landing. On top of this there was a cross wind! I had never done take-offs and landing with a cross wind before. Even though it was quite challenging my instructor was very supportive and guided me though it one step at a time.
My seventh lesson, the weather was not the best it was very windy, light rain and low cloud. The plan for the lesson was to do stalls and spins and how to recover from them. Due to the weather conditions the plan changed slightly. Instead I did 45° turns and turns onto a heading. It was a good challenge, with low cloud covering the horizon making it harder to see where the horizon was, made it very challenging to get it right but after tries I got it spot on. If i can do it in those weather conditions it will be easy as pie in normel weather conditions! I did not do the landing this time but, followed on the controls with my flight instructor who did a perfect landing, the Cessnas stall went off which means we where at the perfect speed to land. It was a very good landing even with the challenging weather. That type of perfect landing is what I would like to achieve in the near future.
G-ASMS Cessna 150A (Photo by @photographybyjoules on Instagram)
For my eighth lesson, I spent an hour flying G-ASMS the Cessna 150A. This flying lesson was on the third day of the Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport Summer Fly-in with Runway25. It was very busy at the airport, with lots of interesting aircraft visiting and a lot of people visiting for the day. Met a few fellow aviation friends at the event who get some photos of me flying which was very sweet. The aim for this lesson was to do more circuit work. Focusing on doing the circuit more on my own with only a little prompting from my instructor if needed, and to work on my landing, or as I say, the art of the wheelie (not letting the nose wheel touch the runway) when doing touch and goes. It went really well, and I've definitely improved in all areas.
My ninth flying lesson! It was a birthday present for a half-hour flight in a four-seater. I took a family member and a friend up with me. In this lesson, I did more circuit work. This was a good challenge as there was a crosswind and I was flying a new aircraft type I haven't flown before: a Beech 19A Musketeer Sport III G-AWFZ. It is also the most powerful aircraft I have flown. It was interesting as compared to the Cessnas I normally fly; it felt quite heavy on the controls and was just different in general, but I did enjoy flying it, it was nice for a change. From this lesson, I feel a lot more comfortable doing the cuicuits, im getting more accurate on altitude, speed, radio calls, and position in the circuit around the airport.
Beech 19A Musketeer Sport III G-AWFZ (Photo by @photographybyjoules on Instagram)
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