Also tell me what the easiest thing about flying and hardest thank you.
Okay, so "Flying is easy..." then the hard part is "Not crashing." I have recently retired from a 37 year career as a professional pilot, and people have asked me all those years, "is your job hard?" In terms of technical details, it is essentially impossible to tell you what parts of the process you, in particular, will find easy and which parts you will find hard. Some people have the kind of spatial skills and coordination that make the physical maneuvers easy, and they can make their passengers feel that it is effortless. This same pilot struggles with navigation, weight and balance, and other essential processes that require flexibility of the old noodle.
Another pilot will soak up weather, navigation, and aircraft systems, but never really learn to land an airplane. He or she always lands tongue in cheek, squinting and sweating, and, though passing the checkride, still bounces more than an occasional landing.
And there is no way to tell which you will be. The best pilot is the well-rounded pilot, who does okay on the bookwork and remembers most of the formulas and mnemonic phrases when they are needed, and who also does a reasonable job of the hot-shot parts of actually handling the airplane, without many bounced landings and without terrifying his passengers more often than once in a while.
You will have to find out which you are. You do this through your own experience and a good rapport with your instructor. It helps to have a gifted instructor, but you can't always find one. You can help any instructor be a good instructor by being respectful, paying attention, asking intelligent questions and remembering the answers, and always giving your best effort to the task at hand.
Start in a tail wheel airplane if you possibly can. It requires sharper basic skills and much more humility, and it will make you a better pilot. Be sure to get some time in low-wing airplanes. That is, if you start in a Cessna, also get a chance to fly a Cherokee. Most high performance airplanes are low wing airplanes, and if you plan to move up to a more advanced airplane, the low wing airplane will improve your skills.
If you want to master landings, you must do it in a low-wing airplane. You have to learn to judge your height on the flare correctly, and you can't cheat like you can in a Cessna.
I suppose there are lots of other things I could tell you, but that will get you started. Enjoy your flying, and don't push yourself beyond your skills on a given day.
Good luck!
The hard part is paying for the lessons. It gets very expensive, but it will be well worth it if you can afford it. There will be times in your training when you find the whole process a bit frustrating, but just remember everything comes with time. I know people that have learned to fly that I don't think of as being exceptionally smart or talented. It seems that almost anyone can learn to fly after a lot of practice and instruction. Just stick with it, and it gets easier and easier.
The only advice I have for you is to make sure you get a good Flight Instructor. He/She will guide you through the whole process. Make sure you find a good one because if they are a good one it will help to instill the love of flying even more in you. Also make sure you stay focused and study hard. It is tough but the benefits and freedom far outweigh the work it takes to get there. I have been flying for 18 years and I wouldnt trade it for anything. Nothing is too hard about flying as long as you pay close attention. Also never be afraid to ask questions. I hope this helps and good luck to you!
flying is easy. learing navigation is a little hard,but,if you think about whats the result, it's not hard at all. Slow flight practice is a little hard, but mostly boring. Landing, smothly is an art. I worked for a small comutter airline,and we had this one pilot who would bring our 19 seaters in soo smooth, you would have thought you were on a bus.My landings,( I was a mechanic) jarred the false teeth out of the folks who didn't have false teeth. That always miffed me,I could take off, fly smooth, navigate,but, my landings sucked. however, I landed a Fedex cessna caravan in a 10 knot cross wind without a hitch.The boxes in the back all started applauding!!!
Don't know why but simple tasks such as comunicating with the tower become confusing when learning how to fly. I call it air confusion. The hardest thing for me was cross wind landings. The easiest was slow flight and stall recovery. The aircraft will give you real feed back.
I thought the hardest part about learning to fly, very simple after a bit of practice, is when to flare, flaring is easy, just the correct time is what made it hard.
Best of luck.
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