I thought I wanted to get my PPL ever since I was a kid. Even as an adult, I'm still the kind of guy that looks up every time there's a plane in the sky.
I'm at the point in my life where I can comfortably afford a PPL
. I took 3 hours' worth of lessons this summer in a Citabria*, and had a lot of fun while I was up there. Yet I don't think I was excited as I expected; after we landed I did not get that "I can't wait to back up there again". Is this normal? I thought I would be absolutely jonesing to get up there again, but I wasn't.
I always considered that my actual goal was to get a rotary wing license. I considered that a fixed-wing PPL would be a good intro to aviation and, hopefully, make me a better pilot.
* Notice I said "a PPL" and not "my own plane"..
** If I went through it, I'd almost certainly get my PPL in a C172 or Tomahawk given they're literally half the hourly price of a Citabria