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    any alaskan pilots?

    I'm up here workin a turnaround and around nikiski (I think that's the spelling) I see two small "airfields". The "runway" looks like about a hundred yard long mudhole. I have respect for anyone landing on that crap. Of course I wanna be a bush pilot when I finish training so I suppose I should...
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    life is beginning to get interesting...

    Well guys, looks like its time to start growing up. At 19, iv been out of highschool for less than a year, and collage wasn't for me. I mulled around for a while trying to figure out what to do with myself. Recently my best friend mentioned aviation, mostly as a hobby or something to look good...
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    I know its a dumb question but

    what the heck is the purpose of the rudder? i know it controlls the planes nose left and right but sence you turn with the yoke (aerlions?) in what sittuation is the rudder used? of course i only have about .9 of an hour in a plane and am completely new to this, and im sure my instructor covered...
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    first flight

    Went to fly by knight here in hammond louisiana. Never been in a plane before. My first time was in a piper warrior with a 12mph wind gusting to 20 and I had full controll of the aircraft from engine start to cut off. Absolutely amazing, terrifieing, and addicting. I think I'm in love with it. :)
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