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In the last few months i have done allot of flying in private small aircraft. I'm fucking hooked. I think ive got a piper cub in my future, i know its slow as shit but you can take off and land ANYWHERE. Any aspiring pilots out there? What is the one plane you want??
Extra 300 for fuck-around plane
bo105 for fuck-around helicopter
Warbirds:
p51
p47
DeHavilland Mosquito
... and the super-cub is one hell of an aircraft
any type of flying is awesome though, just to be up in the air wiggling around sticks is fun as shit
The main thing you need to fly is $$$.
If, you decide it's financially possible to fly after reading the hour requirements (and realizing that they're based on minimum times, not averages), then I would recommend you first schedule an intro flight at your local flight school, and start acquiring study resources. Your time will be much more valuable if you have the knowledge to cast perspective upon your experience (you will start to learn how to fly instead of just wiggling around sticks). Download and read the pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge and the rotorcraft flying handbook (both free!!!). Buy a FAR/AIM and check out the study list for private pilot in front. It will be a bit boring, but will give you a VERY solid base when it comes to rules/regulations related to flying. All of these sources will start making more and more sense as the knowledge comes into use when actually flying, and you can simply refer back to pages instead of reading them for the first time after you've already paid someone to teach you the concepts (It's ALWAYS cheaper to learn it yourself than have an instructor teach you.. I saved shit tons of money on ground school because I always came prepared and read most of the material before I started flight training). Also, since we know live in the internet age, watch youtube videos! Many people document their flight training and post it online, and it's an incredibly valuable resource (especially for heli pilots), to help you get acquainted with new maneuvers and flying concepts. - (I may look like an idiot, but I will work through maneuvers in my head/go through the motions with my hands multiple times before I have to do it in the helicopter... no sense in paying 250/hr to fumble around the first couple of times).
Nice one luke.
JUst landed my sick job in TC sooooo... Hopefully by the end of this summer i will have....
