[thechat] pilot's license, anyone?

[Hugh Blair]

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Got the message?  My dad taught me to fly 35 years ago - Beachcraft
Bonanza (the "V" tail jobbie) and life was _wonderful_ for the next
few years I flew.  I just wish I had the time etc. to re-certify and
get active again.  There's _nothing_ like being up front - looking
straight forward out the window, not sideways in seat 34F.

Uh, am I emphatic enough?

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You'll never regret it.  And when you get ready to fly on your own,
it can be cheap in a good ultra-lite.  Or look for a partnership
in a small 'real' plane.  Many ways to keep going.

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I fly about 250,000 miles a year.  Unfortunately they're in
seat 5C - I really miss the cockpit.

-Hugh
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> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Warden, Matt
> Subject: [thechat] pilot's license, anyone?
> 
> I was dead-set on getting my pilot's license (or "flight
> certificate" or whatever the hell the "proper" term for it is). I've
> always liked the flights to a vacation location better than the vacation
> itself. And I am *dying* to see what it's like to fly sitting in the
> cockpit, going head-on into clouds, geese, etc.
> 
> So, I call up the local regional airport (they're ALL over the place
> around here (south-western Ohio) -- the joke with the locals is that when
> you drive down one of the main highways, you'll pass two McDonald's
> resturaunts and three regional airports). They send me a bunch of stuff on
> classes. Turns out, it'll be around $2700 to get enough instruction and
> flight hours to get a license. I've talked to a few people who already
> have their license and they all say it's well worth it... and that local
> companies (like GE, etc.) even love to see that on a resume.
> 
> I was wondering if any of you have a license and what you think about
> it. They also have a intro class that's an hour on the ground and an hour
> on one of their "press here to fly" planes. That would get me the
> experience I want and it's only $55, but... damn... i want that license.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> --
> mattwarden
>