Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2007
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iFlyNothing
September 8th marked two years since my first flying lesson. A week or so before that marked when I got hooked, thanks to Missa taking me flying and let me have the controls (note: handing someone a properly trimmed plane goes a long way in that regard). In the past two years, aviation has gone from just a job to a major part of my life. Some bullet points from the past two years of flying:
- Completed PP-ASEL, PP-ASEL-IA, CP-ASEL-IA, CP-AMEL-IA, and CFI checkrides (3 rides this year, 2 last year)
- Flown to all the states in my signature
- Gone to Wings, 6Y9, Tony's graduation, and Gaston's
- Done enough real instrument approaches in the past 3 months that, split up, would maintain currency for the next 12
- Logged almost enough hours in 5 days to qualify someone for a private (30 hours in 5 days)
- Logged more hours in one day than it took me to get to my first solo (12.1 logged waking up in Oklahoma and going to sleep in Pennsylvania via Illinois, Deleware, and CT, solo'd at 10.7)
- Bought the Aztec (and have been flying it like mad since)
- Flown more hours in the past 6 months than in the previous 18
- Lost count of the number of animal rescues I've flown, but the total number of animals saved is somewhere over 75 in the past year. This weekend I'll transport another 22, bringing the number to over 100, with 47 of those being over the course of two consecutive weekends
- A bit over 450 hours flown total (another 10+ this weekend)
Most importantly:
- Met some of the finest people I've had the privilege of knowing
You all have been great friends, and are a strong part of the reason why I'm doing this. Thank you for being so supportive!
And to think, 8 years ago today I looked out the window of my senior year English class in room 5W15 at Brooklyn Tech and saw with my own two eyes what horrific acts could be done with airplanes in the hands of those determined to do ill unto others, and had no desire to ever go near a plane ever again, much less fly one. How things have changed...
- Completed PP-ASEL, PP-ASEL-IA, CP-ASEL-IA, CP-AMEL-IA, and CFI checkrides (3 rides this year, 2 last year)
- Flown to all the states in my signature
- Gone to Wings, 6Y9, Tony's graduation, and Gaston's
- Done enough real instrument approaches in the past 3 months that, split up, would maintain currency for the next 12
- Logged almost enough hours in 5 days to qualify someone for a private (30 hours in 5 days)
- Logged more hours in one day than it took me to get to my first solo (12.1 logged waking up in Oklahoma and going to sleep in Pennsylvania via Illinois, Deleware, and CT, solo'd at 10.7)
- Bought the Aztec (and have been flying it like mad since)
- Flown more hours in the past 6 months than in the previous 18
- Lost count of the number of animal rescues I've flown, but the total number of animals saved is somewhere over 75 in the past year. This weekend I'll transport another 22, bringing the number to over 100, with 47 of those being over the course of two consecutive weekends
- A bit over 450 hours flown total (another 10+ this weekend)
Most importantly:
- Met some of the finest people I've had the privilege of knowing
You all have been great friends, and are a strong part of the reason why I'm doing this. Thank you for being so supportive!
And to think, 8 years ago today I looked out the window of my senior year English class in room 5W15 at Brooklyn Tech and saw with my own two eyes what horrific acts could be done with airplanes in the hands of those determined to do ill unto others, and had no desire to ever go near a plane ever again, much less fly one. How things have changed...
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