We're putting my son through PPL right now. He solo'd on the 31st., man.. that was a big day for sure.I have my commercial, ME & instrument rating too. Ditto to what gaines67 said with an added emphasis on costs if you’re paying for it yourself. Got my Private Pilots license when I was sixteen (mid-sixties, now). Kept a job through high school and it took every spare penny I could make. But it was rewarding when I passed my check ride just a few weeks after getting my drivers license.
Best thing to get started and see if you want to get going again is to go to an AOPA Rusty Pilot seminar. It's free if you are an AOPA member.Haven't flown in a long time. Had to make choices when my ex-wife decided to go back to graduate school and then found out she was pregnant with our first child (in her second semester of grad school) It was the most liberating feeling I've had when I was up flying and have been considering getting current again.
Bought a share in a four person partnership (C-172). Used to fly down to the Florida panhandle beaches for the day and c/country to visit family in Texas and Oklahoma from (BTR Baton Rouge Ryan Airport)
Best thing to get started and see if you want to get going again is to go to an AOPA Rusty Pilot seminar. It's free if you are an AOPA member.
Check out the calendar on their website, there's one somewhere in Texas quite often. You can decide if want to get going again, and the session counts as three hours of ground school for renewing your Biennial Flight Review.
Thanks for the info......I drove up from Wake Forest and attended one up in Maryland early in 2018 when I thought we would be moving back to Texas before 2019. Made me want to jump in one of the 172's that were sitting on the field. Also had several gyrocopters based at the FBO. The tech has changed but was surprised how much I had retained since I temporarily stopped.
Wife's employment is here on the East Coast (North Carolina) and appears it will be another year or so before we can go back home. We already have the property near Seven Points though the Post Office says Kemp
Sure is! It was quite a view from the tower watching him do his 3, and listening to him on the radios... it would seem he was born to fly!DD130,
Congratulations to your son. Looks like that’s his shirttail he’s holding!
Wow.. that's awesome! I was shocked to hear the spin recovery is no longer required... that's a little baffling to me. I've been an AvGeek for as long as I can remember. Spent a lot of time at NAS Moffet and NAS Alemeda because of my dad (he was a sailor, not a pilot).. just being at the airfield... love it.I was a “hanger rat” growing up!...
Spent a lot of time at NAS Moffet
Yes, especially the main one. The rumor was it had it's own weather system. Saw the Blue Angles fly F4s and an SR-71 flyby. The museum there is pretty cool. One of my buddy's dad has his photo on the wall there, he was the base CO for a few years. Adams was his name (update: my buddy sent me a photo of the photo when he was there last).Aren't those airship hangars something else?
No... I came to realize that I don't have time to invest in it. Maybe after the kids get older.It's been a year now, did you get the PPL? If so, I need a lift from Huntsville to El Paso in March.
That was my down fall. I had to be realistic with myself about that.. Still not sure I have the time though.
Discovery flight is usually how they’re marketed. Soaring doesn’t require an FAA medical, which can be a frustrating exercise. Not a bad place to start, but being able to commit time is important.…There's a soaring club not far from my house where I can pay to take a ride and see how I like it.