[TheForge] OT Learning to Fly

[dann at wctatel.net]

When I started flying in the fall of 1968 we had a 7AC Aeronca Champ that
flew "wet" -with gas and oil- for $5 an hour.  I got my private licence in
1969.  I pretty much stopped flying about 1981 after our  3rd child was
born. Next spring we will be empty nesters. <grins>

I rejoined the EAA in 2005, and bought someone's partially built VW
powered "project". Now my KR2 airplane is parked in a corner of my
quonset.. about 10 feet from my gas forge and anvil.

If you join a local chapter odds are that there are older club members
that love flying, but have lost their medicals have a nearly completed
project, or even better, one that has gotten it's N- number.  I wish that
I had gotten one that was already air-worthy.  I bought mine on
barnstormers.com and trailered it over 1,000 miles home.  It was after
that that I joined the local EAA chapter, and learned that there were more
local planes and "plane projects"  for sale <big stupid grin>.

Dann

> 	In 1959 the Piper dealer at Toledo Express airport was giving flying
> lessons using Tripacers. They offered a garanteed solo for $75.00 and
> garanteed private for $350.00. I managed to find $75 but could not come up
> with $350 - bad decision. I soloed in 6 hours and had about 30 hours
> before
> family and other obligations had higher prioritys. I regretfully gave it
> up
> in 1967. Still never pass up a chance to go up.
>
>
> Bob Willman
> Bowling Green, Ohio
> The Eagle's Anvil
> WB8NQW
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Husvar
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT Learning to Fly
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> 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? :)
>
>
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