i've always wanted to, but i'm thinking i'm gonna start taking flight lessons.
yeah, flying planes and stuff.
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i've always wanted to, but i'm thinking i'm gonna start taking flight lessons.
yeah, flying planes and stuff.
It's a blast.
yeah? well spill please...
Scenery's great. You're free as a bird. It's easy, too. I could legally fly planes before I could drive a car. If you really want to have some fun see if you can go up for some aerobatics.
Gribble, is it true you have to have 20/20 vision in both eyes to fly?
For recreational flying you only need 20/40 vision.Quote:
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Oi, my vision might be good enough to try it out!
Power planes are expensive. I think you should start with a glider pilots licence. Its also quieter, and more enviro-friendly:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPfZ2_y4saQ&feature=PlayList&p=B08469F45CF 5C004&playnext=1&index=17"]YouTube - Glider Display[/ame]
There's no vision test until it's time to actually apply for your license. I flew hundreds of hours before I had to take a vision test. 'Course my instructor's may have just been lax. In either case, if you just want to try it out I'm pretty sure you'll have no problem going up as long as you aren't half blind and obviously so.
Plus I think you can still get your license even if you have 20/40 vision thanks to corrective lenses.
Fighter pilots need 20/20 vision. I sure hope they all have 20/20 vision considering they're flying $45,000,000 to $159,900,000 planes.
As for recreational use...I don't think anyone really cares.
gerbil, how did you get into flying? did your parents do it? did you take classes? how does it work please!?
I started flying at the ripe old age of 10. It was my uncle's idea. First time we went up it was just a half hour introductory flight. I can't remember how expensive it was, and there was no promise I'd get to fly. But about 15 minutes after takeoff the pilot went ahead and gave me the controls.
The very instant my fingers brushed the flight yoke we hit a pocket of air that dropped us about ten or fifteen feet. I flung myself back and covered my eyes because I was dead certain I'd done something wrong and killed us all. It was quite memorable to say the least.
After that I began taking classes. Once or twice a month. There was ground school and flight school. Ground school was rather dull but flight school more than made up for it.
It's much more expensive to start with, too. Pre-flight check takes about an hour, and until you get it down just right you've got to have an instructor watching your every move. Instructors aren't cheap. Once you get that down, though, you go out and do it by yourself and that right there saves you a bundle. After getting enough hours in you won't need an instructor in the plane with you while you're training. That saves still more. Gas, though, is the killer, and there's nothing you can do about that. But like Indi suggested, you can try gliders. They're every bit as fun, if not moreso. Easier to get licensed, too.
thanks gerbil! my roommate suggested i use my relatives relatively high status in government to get me into the air national guard where they train for free.
anyway i've always wanted to do this, but i'm a little better able to afford it now. though doing it for free would be nice.
You can fly to California for a visit!
yes i could!
i'm pretty sure around here when training we get to fly from my town up to farmington and back.
Recreational flying is probably tons of fun, but I'll always regard it as something for people who got some money to burn, I bet that the costs of learning as well as hiring a plane and paying for fuel is moderate to high, and about to only get higher. But if it's what you want to do, by all means, it'll be great, just be responsible and calm.
If its as a career, well, it's nowhere as glamorous to fly a 747 for a 10-hour run as 2 hours in a low-altitude prop aircraft.
But still, helicopters will rule supreme.
"To fly is human - To hover, divine"
i've actually seen planes that hover! i live close to an air force base and i get to see all kinds of cool military aircraft.
The title of this thread put this song in my head for the day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mX9-2xuyP8"]YouTube - Tom Petty - Learning To Fly[/ame]
EDIT: Wow - Tom Petty looks young in this video.
That's awesome, 'sombra. So cool!
yeah! a guy i work with i just found out, has his pilots license! he said renting a plane and all that is very expensive. there was one place where it was easier but they closed down.
he said gliding is the way to go right now. we supposedly have some world class gliding place nearby.
i want to try that too, but i really want to fly a plane with engines.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-Nacm-pKc"]YouTube - Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdX-RX5IHAU"]YouTube - foo fighters-learn to fly[/ame]
I think you should really, really make this happen, Miso. Too many ppl say they want to do something and then never go for it.
Life is short. Think of your relatives. Make this happen. Sign up to go for a flight with a power pilot this month and a glider pilot as soon as the weather is warm enough.
yeah i'm gonna try the glider thing. it is so much less expensive and seems more, artistic and organic.
spring time is the time to do it apparently. right in time for my birthday. maybe i'll do it for myself as a birthday present.
Awesome, good for you!
You should start reading up about it now. Learn how to detect thermals and such. It will impress the instructor.
yeah. the guy i work with said he would go up with me. split the cost.
Hovering aircraft are probably the american equivalent of the british Harrier jumpjet, imagine it would be quite a sight.
But yeah, with fuel inconsistencies and costs I'd say that gliders are the way to go. Maybe if there's an organization that has outings, since I imagine that hiring an aircraft to tow you up there for a single person is expensive as well.
Should be some interesting courses on it too, learning about wind patterns and such.
i'm gonna do this baby hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like it's about 300 bucks for a day. but what the hell, right? i'm only living once!
[url]http://www.soarsundance.com/index.html[/url]
So do you want to fly yourself or just hang in for the ride?
[url]http://www.soarsundance.com/lessons.html[/url]
well i'd have to have an instructor for a little while. then when i'm ready i think they'll let me ride alone...
Sweet! That's an awesome thing to learn, Miso!
Once you're a pilot, can you fly to NYC and visit me?
actually we're planning on hopping a commercial flight to your neck of the woods end of june/ beginning of july.
then you and i are going to party like it's 1999.
Wooooooooooo!!!! Definitely let me know the dates once you've solidified them...I'll take time off from work to hang with you guys if I need to :)Quote:
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Just watched a glider flying and another getting towed up today, Miso. Thought of you. Do it.
i'm going to. i'm excited about flying.
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I better get a thanks for this.