stagecoachco
Line Up and Wait
Ok, so I have lurked around here long enough. Time for me to introduce myself to the fine people of POA.
My name is Tony. I am 37 and live near Stagecoach Lake (hence the login name) which is near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. My home airport is SBS and/or HDN. I am lucky enough that my office is on the opposite ridge as SBS and at about the same level. I am nearer to the approach end and get to watch the varied aircraft that operate into and out of SBS. Everything from Citations, Hawkers, King Airs, Pilatus PC12s, all the way to Super Cubs and Tri Pacers (and of course the ubiquitous 172).
I have finally saved up enough to start training for my PPL. I will be fulfilling a lifelong dream. Like many of you, I was one of those kids with many airplane models hanging from the ceiling (my favorite was the McDonnell Douglas F-4E). I will be doing my training through a local community college that offers an Aviation Degree. They also offer flight training to the public (no degree), and this is what I am going to be taking advantage of.
My goals (dreams?) for aviation are to some day own my own plane. Possibly a Cessna 180 or even a Glastar Sportsman 2+2. I really like the idea of fly/camping into small backwoods airstrips. I realize that it will be some time before I am competent enough to fly into those places (Sparky Imeson recommends at least 150 hours first). I also see the need to take a mountain flying course pretty early in my flying career as I live smack dab in the middle of the mountains.
Anyway, I have been lurking for a few months, and I really like the sense of community that exists on this board. I also like the style of careful planned piloting that you folks seem to practice. This fits right in with the way that I want to conduct myself as a pilot.
Tony Borean
Student Pilot ASEL (ok, not really as I haven’t soled yet)
P.S. The dog is one of my Greyhounds, named Silly
My name is Tony. I am 37 and live near Stagecoach Lake (hence the login name) which is near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. My home airport is SBS and/or HDN. I am lucky enough that my office is on the opposite ridge as SBS and at about the same level. I am nearer to the approach end and get to watch the varied aircraft that operate into and out of SBS. Everything from Citations, Hawkers, King Airs, Pilatus PC12s, all the way to Super Cubs and Tri Pacers (and of course the ubiquitous 172).
I have finally saved up enough to start training for my PPL. I will be fulfilling a lifelong dream. Like many of you, I was one of those kids with many airplane models hanging from the ceiling (my favorite was the McDonnell Douglas F-4E). I will be doing my training through a local community college that offers an Aviation Degree. They also offer flight training to the public (no degree), and this is what I am going to be taking advantage of.
My goals (dreams?) for aviation are to some day own my own plane. Possibly a Cessna 180 or even a Glastar Sportsman 2+2. I really like the idea of fly/camping into small backwoods airstrips. I realize that it will be some time before I am competent enough to fly into those places (Sparky Imeson recommends at least 150 hours first). I also see the need to take a mountain flying course pretty early in my flying career as I live smack dab in the middle of the mountains.
Anyway, I have been lurking for a few months, and I really like the sense of community that exists on this board. I also like the style of careful planned piloting that you folks seem to practice. This fits right in with the way that I want to conduct myself as a pilot.
Tony Borean
Student Pilot ASEL (ok, not really as I haven’t soled yet)
P.S. The dog is one of my Greyhounds, named Silly
