Recent content by Earth-Bound Misfit

I went to Port Elizabeth in 2013 for a few weeks. I can tell you that the cost of living there is very affordable. A Big Mac meal at McDonald's was less than $3, and a can of coke was about 40 cents. A 3-course meal at the most expensive restaurant (nice one, too) was about $20. A posh...

I'm a new PoA member, and new pilot as well (10 hrs). I'm learning on a Cessna 140 (getting the taildragger cert). I'm about to join the local flying club, so that I can solo and check ride with their C-172s. I'm 40, and have always wanted to fly. My first word was airplane, seriously. I've...