Hello,
I passed my checkride about a month ago at the young and unstable age of 18
Is anyone else here around my age? Im trying to connect with some other teenage pilots
Congratulations! I'm 16 and waiting to turn 17 to take my check ride.
That is awesome. I would've began earlier... but my parents wouldn't let me haha. Then last summer they finally gave in... and I found 2 jobs to pay for it. When are you 17?
Same. I'm 23 currently...i'm starting to feel old
i'm starting to feel old
Damn kids who forget what old really is. Where's my walker? Get off my lawn!
If there's anybody here close enough to old age to start worrying about a walker it's me. "Sut up you young whipper snapper and come help me into my plane or a whack your hand with my cane!"
Damn kids who forget what old really is. Where's my walker? Get off my lawn!
Im just curious, is anyone here familiar with a man named Field Morey? How about Middleton Municipal Airport in Wisconsin?
Crazy good pilot and cool guy. Got his commerical when he was around 18, owned Morey field (now Middleton) for many years, and started a company called Morey's West Coast Adventures. He had 60,000+ hours a year or two ago and has completed 3000 checkrides (including my own). He is an inspiration!
Heck yeah. I grew up in Middleton, and rode past Morey Field on my bike many times. I've been interested in aviation longer than I can remember, but it's quite possible that it's partially because the 45 to the downwind for the old Runway 30 went right over our house, so there were always little planes flying over us. I landed on that sidewalk, er, runway once before it was torn up to make way for the nice new runway they have now.
Are you aware of the aviation history of the Morey family?
And y'know what's really sad, I've never actually met Field, much less flown with him. Gotta do one of those Alaska adventures before he stops flying.
Congrats on the checkride! I just passed my instrument ride, I am too at the ripe age of 18 until July. I hope to get my commercial knocked out over the summer. What kind of flying do you do?
Same. I'm 23 currently...
He does have a nice porch, I saw it yesterday.I've got a nice porch,
I know that Field's father was first, then Field, and now his son runs the airport, or something to that extent.
That is awesome I cant wait to begin Instrument training. Hopefully it may come in a little cheaper than the private because I can use a simulator. I think im going to spend this summer building XC hours, but next summer I plan to knock that one out. However, I may land a job that allows me to rent out a C172 for just $40/hr, in which case I will definitely be working on my instrument this summer!
I'm just getting ready for a summer of day trips around the area. The coast, In N Out in Redding, Trinity Lake, Sunriver for breakfast with my girlfriend, etc,. That kind of thing.
Kinda.
Field's dad, Howard Morey, got the first license to operate an airport in the state of Wisconsin. On the very same day, his son was born, and he decided he couldn't name his son "Airport," so he named him "Field" instead! That airport was Royal Field, which was located roughly where South Towne Mall is now, just off the Beltline in Madison.
I'm not sure what happened to Royal Field that closed it, or when exactly Morey Field opened up, but if you fast-forward a ways, Morey Field (C29, soon to be KMRV) was owned and run by Field. There were two grass runways and one very narrow paved runway, and a pair of quonset hut hangars.
In 1998, Field sold Morey Field to the city of Middleton, and they got some FAA grant money to expand it. A new runway 10-28 was built, 4000x75 feet, parallel taxiway, several dozen new hangars, new terminal... It's quite nice. And yes, Field's son Rich is the president of Morey Airplane Co. and the manager of "Middleton Municipal Airport - Morey Field" these days.
In the new terminal, there is an old picture of Howard, Field, Rich, and Rich's son in front of a Cessna.
Howard and Field have both been inducted into the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (links are to their bio pages). There are some inconsistencies between those and my story from memory above... Most notably that Howard was manager of the Madison Municipal Airport and named such the day Field was born, but that wasn't his airport (MMA, as they note, was taken over by the USAAC in WWII, It's now Dane County Regional/Truax Field, KMSN but that is not where Howard's airport was located. I'd sure like to get the history from Field himself! )
Congrats on the checkride. I was 18 when I received my license. Have fun man, its the greatest hobby/profession in the world.
I am 24 now and just starting Air Force Pilot training. I had an older guy tell me once that: "You start with one hand full of luck and the other empty of knowledge. The key is to fill the knowledge hand before the luck runs out"
Enjoy your ticket,
Same. I'm 23 currently...
I feel old too. I'm also 23. I started flying when I was 20 or maybe 21.
21... old... snicker....