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Meet...the budding pilot
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Marie-Barbara and a helicopter
What's it like to be a nurse, a teacher, an artist and a trainee helicopter pilot? Just ask Maria-Barbara Noack...
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Sheffielder Maria-Barbara Noack is a busy, busy woman.

Not content with working as a nurse and teacher, she's also an exhibited artist and trainee helicopter pilot. What's more, she's always looking for ways to combine her activities.

We caught up with her and found out more...

Maria-Barbara at the controls
Maria-Barbara at the controls

"I first got the idea of learning to fly a helicopter when I was studying healthcare management. People talk about 'the helicopter view' - which means looking at the bigger picture instead of getting bogged down in detail.

Coincidentally, the helicopter school at Sheffield Airport had just launched... so I decided to go for it.

My colleagues think I'm crazy when they find out how much money it's cost me so far. But my kids are grown-up, and there's no-one else at home whose permission I have to ask. So why not?"

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Maintenance can be arduous in typical Sheffield weather...

How have your lessons compared with your expectations so far?

"Well, it's far harder than driving a car - and I took around 32 lessons to pass my driving test. Plus in a helicopter, of course, you can't just say 'let me pull over and check out what I'm doing wrong'!

You have to use your hands, your feet, your eyes - you have to watch the horizon and check you're not bumping into balloons or gliders... it's total concentration all the time. So I only really started to enjoy flying after about 30 lessons, when I felt I'd got into a routine.

When we were above Rother Valley, and I was able to look at Bolsover Castle and all the area around it - that was a sign that I'd learned to relax a little bit."

Find out more about Maria-Barbara's artworks - and her interest in the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service...

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