Anyone a pilot?
Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:58 am
I flew a Cessna 150 yesterday. The pilot did the take-off and landing but I did the rest of the 30 minute flight. It was really cool/easy. I knew all the instruments from computer flight sims. I am considering taking lessons. Any pilots out there? It looks like it is fairly easy to get the recreational pilot's license. The Cessna 150 rents for $62/hour here. That is cheaper than I thought it would be. Any advice for a would be pilot?
Jim
Jim
Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:18 pm
I think ToeJam is, or is taking lessons
Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:40 pm
Slayer is a pilot. When he gets bandwidth again, he'll tell you all about it.
Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:33 pm
Also talk to Mugzy and Rule of Wrist.
Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:54 pm
Demo flights.. Its like a crack dealer giving you a free sample to get you hooked.
I will get my license some day, but I just don't have the time or cash right now
Here is a good place to start.
http://www.beapilot.com/
I will get my license some day, but I just don't have the time or cash right now
Here is a good place to start.
http://www.beapilot.com/
Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:26 am
Working on it right now, on a C152. I'm at 18.6 hours, so still a ways off. It's AWESOME.
Advice... Check out NWC ADDS for weather,
this site for NOTAMs. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA , ~$30/year) has a lot of info on flight training, and also offers a credit card which will get you a 5% discount at FBOs, including flight training. Also, there are some companies which specialize in financing flight training, although I wouldn't, because after you're done you're going to want that spare cash to rent.
Anyone who's ever dreamed of flying but couldn't afford it should look into the new sport pilot certificate. A recreational pilot certificate runs about $5,000 and a min of 40 hours training. The recently approved sport pilot certificate has a min of only 25 hours training, but you're limited in the size of aircraft (a Cessna 150 is too big, think Piper Cub).
Advice... Check out NWC ADDS for weather,
this site for NOTAMs. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA , ~$30/year) has a lot of info on flight training, and also offers a credit card which will get you a 5% discount at FBOs, including flight training. Also, there are some companies which specialize in financing flight training, although I wouldn't, because after you're done you're going to want that spare cash to rent.
Anyone who's ever dreamed of flying but couldn't afford it should look into the new sport pilot certificate. A recreational pilot certificate runs about $5,000 and a min of 40 hours training. The recently approved sport pilot certificate has a min of only 25 hours training, but you're limited in the size of aircraft (a Cessna 150 is too big, think Piper Cub).
Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:21 pm
Nein! No liscense rhequired to Ply the Fokker-Vulf.
Only luff for das Vaterlund!
Only luff for das Vaterlund!
Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:27 pm
I went to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. I have about 80 hours total flight time. I stopped flying for two reasons: financial and psycological. I didn't have the money to continue (I already have ridiculous loans on my back), and two of my friends died in air accidents; one commited suicide and the other had a mid air collision over Deland Airport in 1999.
Then I returned home to NYC in 2000 and was working on Wall St when 9/11 happened. I was only a straight block and a half away looking at the towers when tower 2 started collapsing (the one closer to me), and that only added to my anxiety. It has been two years since I've flown, and I am really paranoid now when I get on a commerical aircraft without an ejection seat.
I will always love flying and plan to get back to it once I defeat the demons living in my mind. There is nothing like real flying and I encourage anyone with the money and time to persue it. The world takes on a completely different perspective when you see it from above, flying yourself.
Mike
Then I returned home to NYC in 2000 and was working on Wall St when 9/11 happened. I was only a straight block and a half away looking at the towers when tower 2 started collapsing (the one closer to me), and that only added to my anxiety. It has been two years since I've flown, and I am really paranoid now when I get on a commerical aircraft without an ejection seat.
I will always love flying and plan to get back to it once I defeat the demons living in my mind. There is nothing like real flying and I encourage anyone with the money and time to persue it. The world takes on a completely different perspective when you see it from above, flying yourself.
Mike
Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:30 am
5,000 hours, mostly in C-130's (Air Force and Air Guard).