3 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

In the meantime, you might want to fly the Seminole (a twin version) by Carenado.  Nice aircraft to take places..

Or, if you like a light trainer.. why not spend time in the C152 😉

Because the Piper Tomahawk is way, way cooler?  😁   It's my favorite GA.

I can assure you guys when you fly real airplane your head doesn’t shake ! Just once in a while hit a ceiling that is all lol

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

CFI good friend of mine said it was the only plane he flew, that every time it stalled, it did something different. 

I concur with that. I am currently teaching a student in his Tomahawk and it does indeed do something different every time. Not a nice machine.

I believe this was nicknamed the “Traumahawk” if I’m not mistaken.

13 hours ago, btacon said:

Howdy Stealthy, your story is my story. Started training in Grumman Tigers and Cheetahs in 1977.  After PPL tried Cessna’s (cheaper) didn’t like em and settled on Warriors where I spent the majority of my flight time long ago.  I even have 15 or so hours in a Hershey Bar.  
Stopped flying late eighties and have no real time since then except for 3.5 hours  PIC in two T-38 incentive rides I earned in my time in USAF. Thousands of hours in the sim though and just like you I have the Just Flight Warrior.  Amazing technology we have nowadays.

Best,

-Braun

Hi Braun.  Flight training in the UK is (..or was?) extremely expensive ~ much more so than in the USA.  Back when I was training, anyone who had ambitions to fly commercially found it actually saved them a small fortune if they settled in the US for a month or two and logged the hours they required as PIC at one of the flying schools that were based there.  Our glossy aviation magazines were filled every month with ads. inviting us to train cheaply in sunny Florida!  However, I had no commercial ambitions so for me it wasn't an option.  As a mere hobby flyer, I just bit the bullet and opened my wallet on a weekly basis in order to be fleeced.  Some weeks I spent three or four times what I was actually earning per week on flying!  Any savings you might have don't last long if they're spent on flying in the UK, believe me.  I think this is why so many hobby flyers in the UK allow their licence 'currency' to lapse.  It's not from becoming bored with flying.

I did go back for refresher training at one time, but only until I could attain a 'Certificate of Test'.  I then hired a Warrior a number of times and flew my friends along the NE coast of England on sightseeing trips.  Flight-simming has taken the place of real-world flying for me now, and yes, technology has made it a reasonable substitute (..at a fraction of the cost!)

Steve 

ps: I've just checked on the cost of an hour's flight training in a Warrior at my local airport, and it's £167GBP (..$232 US dollars).  That's equivalent to the price of a half-decent flight yoke for FS2020!                 

Edited August 9, 20214 yr by Stealthystevie

1 hour ago, Stealthystevie said:

Hi Braun.  Flight training in the UK is (..or was?) extremely expensive ~ much more so than in the USA.  Back when I was training, anyone who had ambitions to fly commercially found it actually saved them a small fortune if they settled in the US for a month or two and logged the hours they required as PIC at one of the flying schools that were based there.  Our glossy aviation magazines were filled every month with ads. inviting us to train cheaply in sunny Florida!  However, I had no commercial ambitions so for me it wasn't an option.  As a mere hobby flyer, I just bit the bullet and opened my wallet on a weekly basis in order to be fleeced.  Some weeks I spent three or four times what I was actually earning per week on flying!  Any savings you might have don't last long if they're spent on flying in the UK, believe me.  I think this is why so many hobby flyers in the UK allow their licence 'currency' to lapse.  It's not from becoming bored with flying.

I did go back for refresher training at one time, but only until I could attain a 'Certificate of Test'.  I then hired a Warrior a number of times and flew my friends along the NE coast of England on sightseeing trips.  Flight-simming has taken the place of real-world flying for me now, and yes, technology has made it a reasonable substitute (..at a fraction of the cost!)

Steve 

ps: I've just checked on the cost of an hour's flight training in a Warrior at my local airport, and it's £167GBP (..$232 US dollars).  That's equivalent to the price of a half-decent flight yoke for FS2020!                 

I got my license in South Florida during the late 70's. At that time I could get a Warrior, with instructor, for $35 wet.