 exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | Flying to Glynco, Georgia Leaving on Sunday for a week. I hate flying (when I'm not in the co-pilot's seat). |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Training at FLETC?
I got over my dislike of flying as cargo a few years ago. Had my Private Pilot since 1995. Would much rather be in the left seat of a Piper Tomahawk than in coach on a 737.
The view is better. 
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exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | said by N3OGH:Training at FLETC?
I got over my dislike of flying as cargo a few years ago. Had my Private Pilot since 1995. Would much rather be in the left seat of a Piper Tomahawk than in coach on a 737.
The view is better.
Yeah, FLETC. Never had my pilots license but, since a kid, my family (and in my later years me), always had close friends with planes. Cessna 182 was the plane I frequented.
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N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Good times.
Some the best memories I hold on to are those of my times in flight training. About 3/4 of the way through I hit a rough patch (about August of 1995) and almost didn't finish. Took a week off from training an decided to come back and finish no matter what. Did a lot of growing up that summer. Decided I wasn't going to quit, no matter what.
I remember doing my "long cross country" from Wilmington DE, to Martinsburg WV, to Rappohanick(SP?), VA to Wilmington Labor Day Weekend 1995. I ended up grounded in Laurel VA for the night due to thunderstorms half way through the flight.
The next morning I woke up, and a cold front had moved through. The morning was clear & crisp. CAVU, not a cloud in the sky and air as smooth as a mountain lake. I made my stop in VA and headed home to ILG over the Chesapeake Bay. Not a cloud in the sky. I sat back in my rented Piper Tomahawk, off the controls and just admired the bay and the landscape below as "Till' I Hear It From You" by the Gin Blossoms ran through my head.
I finished up at ILG a short time later and passed my checkride October 3rd.
I relive that memory over and over again. If there was a moment in time I could transport myself back in time and instantly find myself in, well....
Great times...
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Did a few touch and goes at KDWH. Would love to have the disposable income to pursue it further.
Dave |
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join:2002-04-12
USA | reply to exocet_cm
FLETC
The food is great there!  |
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