Lots of people dream about flying and most never ever take it one step beyond a thought. In this day and age you can go and experience many things in life, but as the possibility becomes more real we become more isolated in our own little environment. Dreams of flying turn into playing a game on a machine and kidding ourselves that flying a home simulator is the same as the real thing. Stop kidding yourself, get up and do something different this week and if it takes you outside your comfort zone all the better

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I am a gliding instructor and take ordinary people on their first flight experience and its a wide range of people who come along for a trial lesson. There are thrill seekers and people overcoming fears, but then theres the 90 year old who flew military gliders in the war. One that sticks in my mind was a lady who stated, 'I used to be an adrenlin junkie and did all extreme sports. Since my children were born Ive never done anything where I percieved a risk, but this has made me realise these things are exciting and fun'