Almost a pilot!!!!!

[TheMajor]

Cool. I always wanted to be a pilot! Have fun flying!

 

[Apokalipse]

I didn't know you were a pilot
I've got a students pilots license now, after that I'll have my GFPT, which is really dwarfed by a commercial license
congrats man

 

[ShoobieRat]

I have a friend who has, I don't thik it's his actual pilots licence, but he's got something to where he can pilot.

You can get one of those new "Sport" pilot licenses in 2-weeks with hardly any FS.

 

[horndude]

it doesnt take very long, 10-15hrs to solo, 40hrs + checkride and pass written and physical and its yours, it is expensive though, last time I flew it was $27/hr plus fuel@$2.50/gallon

Lot more expensive these days

 

[waynejkruse10]

ive never flown in a plane - ever. That shows thati never go on holidays.....

 

[ekÆsine]

pictures of me flying to come soon!!!!
(not in a dress......)

oh man, why not? sound like fun. so what do you fly... probably a cessna? commercial flying is nowhere near as fun. Do they teach you how to fly on instruments alone or at night or in bad weather?

 

[horndude]

since he's just starting, basic navigation comes first, using the VOR, maybe ILS and ADF.Instrument training comes later.Night flying is a must, need 3 takeoffs and landings at night per 90days to stay current as I recall, once you have your license.Bad weather, nope VFR(visual flight rules) only till you have an instrument rating.

 

[Harper]

ive never flown in a plane - ever. That shows thati never go on holidays.....

It actaully quite fun. I flown a Sesnar (Spelling???) down at Candam air base a few times when i was still in the scouting movement.

 

[Doug R]

I started fying in 1964. The Champion 7Ec rented for $4.85 per hour wet. AvGas was 15 cents per gallon. There was still one last low frequency range operating: the navigation by Morse code. By 1969 I had a CFI/CFII and was crop dusting in Nebraska. My last plane was a Cessna 175 (yeah, there was such a model) with a lycoming (I salvaged out of a Piper Comanche) engine conversion and constant speed prop, Avcon STOL kit, droop tips, flap gap seals and Cleveland wheels and brakes. I sold that plane 6 years ago to remain married! I've now started on an RV-8 kit plane in my garage. Anybody who wants to fly should. All it takes is a commitment to learn and also to be willing to sacrifice all the other extras in life such as fast new cars; speed boats; expensive motorcycles, etc. Ideally, you should find a mate who is as interested in airplanes as you or they'll be problems. Been there....experienced that.

 

[waynejkruse10]

what about being a pilot as a carreir.