[TheForge] OT Learning to Fly

[John Husvar]

On 12/13/06 6:56 AM, "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com> wrote:

> Aubrey, do you remember the three most useless things to a pilot? Btw, the
> winner of the "least # of hours to sol" contest received his award
> posthumously.

Runway behind you, altitude above you, fuel in the pump on the apron.

My Ground School Instructor told us only one thing makes an airplane fly:
Money. 

With enough money, you can buy enough technology to fly a brick -- as
witness the F117, the B2, the F101 Voodoo, etc.

One of the greater disappointments in my life: I took the Ground School at
Kent State because I needed a few technology hours for electives. I got an
"A" and couldn't afford the $800 for flight school. Now that's missing out
on a bargain! GRRRRRR! :)

Our final was the FAA written: I got a 92. I'm still proud of that because I
did it with a borrowed flight computer and no books -- and I didn't miss any
of the navigation questions.

So why do I get lost on the ground so much? :)