Hello all
I have my class 2 medical for PPL purposes booked for the end of the month (I have already gone through the process of signing on to the CAA portal and making the medical application). Assuming everything checks out during the exam, everything's good to go!
But until said exam is complete, I am finding it hard to resist the temptation to get things ready. My school has been handing me signed certificates at the end of each trial lesson so I can retain the flight hours, but I really need a proper log book. I ought to get myself a kneeboard, and I still lack a proper high-viz of my own. I've spent months keeping my anticipation bottled up. I can study for exams, I can save money for lessons, but there's nothing I can do to influence the results of a medical. It's for that reason that I've kept my excitement at a minimum until *after* the medical. I have no real concerns surrounding the medical exam, it's just being out of control that keeps me... well, "grounded" for the time being (if you'll excuse the pun).
So I suppose my question for other students, and existing pilots harking back to when they were learning themselves is this: How did you manage your own anticipation leading up to when the "gates opened" so to speak? How did you retain your money-saving instincts not to buy things you may not need, until after everything is ready to go? (Or heck, maybe you didn't, and bought the whole kit before you were good to go?
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I have my class 2 medical for PPL purposes booked for the end of the month (I have already gone through the process of signing on to the CAA portal and making the medical application). Assuming everything checks out during the exam, everything's good to go!
But until said exam is complete, I am finding it hard to resist the temptation to get things ready. My school has been handing me signed certificates at the end of each trial lesson so I can retain the flight hours, but I really need a proper log book. I ought to get myself a kneeboard, and I still lack a proper high-viz of my own. I've spent months keeping my anticipation bottled up. I can study for exams, I can save money for lessons, but there's nothing I can do to influence the results of a medical. It's for that reason that I've kept my excitement at a minimum until *after* the medical. I have no real concerns surrounding the medical exam, it's just being out of control that keeps me... well, "grounded" for the time being (if you'll excuse the pun).
So I suppose my question for other students, and existing pilots harking back to when they were learning themselves is this: How did you manage your own anticipation leading up to when the "gates opened" so to speak? How did you retain your money-saving instincts not to buy things you may not need, until after everything is ready to go? (Or heck, maybe you didn't, and bought the whole kit before you were good to go?
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