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Lunt asked in Cars & TransportationAircraft · 7 years ago

What should I do now?

(I love flying :D)Hi I'm 14 and I really know a lot about aviation,planes and know how to fly one. I really want to join a flight school but I'm too young, I just wanna grow up and be an airline pilot. I play flight simulator X deluxe edition. But what should i do until I'm able join a flight school. Thanks :)

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  • 7 years ago
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    Get a part-time job and start saving your money because you'll need a lot of it.

  • 7 years ago

    Well, first, you're not too young. I began my training at 14. Second, you have to be careful with the simulator stuff. I simmed for 6 years before I started real training. I did nothing but stare at the instrument panel. So much so, that my instructor covered up instruments. In FSX, you don't really look outside, because, what's the point. Don't do that in real life. Also, if you're flying default aircraft in FSX, it's not even close to realistic.

  • 7 years ago

    Knock off the simulator crap, it will teach bad habits. Join the EAA chapter near you, Air Scouts if there's one near by. I don't recommend the CAP, but that is an option and highly dependent on the local unit.

    Read, build models, hang around the airport (hard to do sometimes) -- there's bound to be a little one nearby and if ask politely you'll be surprised what you can get.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    You could buy a kite or a model airplane kit and pretend you are flying up in the sky! In some places, you are old enough, for example, in Imperial Japan, but what the heck do I know? Jeffrey is always the one to ask about these things! Dang it doodle dee! Oh Lord have mercy!

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  • 7 years ago

    you should go an watch people in planes to get the idea of what you're going to do being a pilot.

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