Here is a good tip to become a pilot on a budget. First you need to know why new pilot trainees struggle with budgeting. I have seen time and time again, how most of my students have struggled in the area of finances when it came to their flight training.
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Becoming a pilot is a childhood dream of many men and women. However, very few people achieve this goal and live their dream. Those who are lucky enough would either get into the military and become a military pilot, or be chosen for one of the very few civilian sponsored programs with an airline.
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In previous articles I have covered the routes to  fixed wing pilots Licences for pleasure, commercial and military. Microlights, balloons and gliders have also been discussed. I have now been asked to provide similar information for Helicopter flying. Obtaining a helicopter licence is probably a more difficult task than for fixed wing. Employment opportunities are also more limited.

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The First Royal Air Force (RAF) Pilots

The desire to fly like a bird goes back many centuries and is reflected in the many myths of flying dragons and flying horses such as Pegasus. There has always been a magic about the very idea of flying and that magic is linked to the way all men and women look up at the sky, particularly when the stars are there, and wonder.

RAF pilots experience that wonder every time they sit in their aeroplane, increase the power, and begin the take – off  run.
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New Zealand’s finest Pioneering Lady Pilots

One of New Zealand’s finest Pioneering Lady pilots. Born Jane Gardner Batten on 15^th, September 1909 at Rotorua, New Zealand. She was more commonly known as Jean. Her first introduction to flying was in 1929 when the famous Charles Kingsford-Smith took her for a flight in his plane ‘THE SOUTHERN CROSS’. Kingsford-Smith was an Australian pilot who, in 1928, made the first trans-pacific flight from America to Australia.
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“PIONEERING LADY PILOTS”

In the early days of flight it was difficult for a lady to become a pilot and break into the male dominated realms of aviation. The ladies were often ignored and had to overcome obstacles of prejudice that did not apply to men. Some of these intrepid, brave and very determined ladies became household names for their daring exploits, others, equally brave and determined, were less well known.
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