Hobobiker
Line Up and Wait
One of my hobbies is redoing old Harleys and I'm a member of a few Forums in that respect. We always ask that new members introduce themselves, so I thought I would do the same. I wanted to fly 25 years ago entering college and thought I would join a ROTC program. Navy turned me down for flying because I was colorblind. Army would only allow me to fly copters as a warrant officer, but not what I wanted to do. Well, decided I would pursue my Rec or Private license now since my issues with color may or may not only preclude me from flying at night, and after three lessons I'm hooked. After the discovery flight, I've moved into the S-turns, slow flight, rectangular pattern, circular pattern, done a number of touch-and-go's along with final stops, make most of my radio calls now and even had my instructor reach over at 3500 ft, kill the power, and tell me "you've just lost your engine...now what?" LOL. Luckily his ground school was great, so I was able to go through my ABC's quickly... (A: Airspeed, B: Best Place to Land, C: Quick Check of all dash controls and fuel, right to left, D: Declare Emergency, and E: Prepare to exit the plane.) He let me mimic my downwind, base, and final, get down to a few hundred feet of a farmer's field I had identified as a landing site before he said "Great, you would have survived. Power up and get us out of here..." Next ground/flight school will be practicing some stalls.
If I had deeper pockets, I'd probably fly every day...
If I had deeper pockets, I'd probably fly every day...
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