staff@slashgear.com (Daniel Trock)
2024-05-05 12:00:44
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According to Captain Levy, when you’re first starting out in the pilot’s seat, the most important thing you can do is opt for a simpler aircraft. If you happen to be fabulously wealthy, you could probably afford a personal aircraft with all kinds of optional bells and whistles, but if you don’t actually know how to fly yet, then such things would only be a distraction.
“I do not care if the person has a net worth of ten billion dollars,” Captain Levy said. “In the civilian world, do not start off in what we call a high-performance, complex aircraft. Start off for the first several hundred hours in a simple single-engine aircraft with about four seats and a fixed landing gear.”
Even if you have the wealth and means to obtain a luxurious, high-grade aircraft model, it would just be a waste of money if you don’t know what any of its features do. When you’re just starting out, a plane that only does the bare minimum of what’s necessary to fly safely can help to drill the basics into you and prepare you for more complex operations much later down the line.