[AT] Bob Brooks? Get flying ! (Oh, and a CAD question which was already a...

[Richard Fink Sr]

Bob i never had a licenses but i have done some flying and i always thought 
take off and landing was the easiest. I could see what i was doing. flying 
there were just miles and miles ahead. But it sure was a life lifting 
experience.
R Fink
PA



At 09:57 PM 03/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Bruce;
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>I've flown enough to know I want to do it.  I did regularly get airtime 
>with a couple of friends with licenses.
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>But being handed the controls when the plan is already up is a lot 
>different than actually flying.
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>About 20 years ago the company I worked for offered to set up a flying 
>club if we could get 20 people interested and willing to put up $200.00
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>Everyone was interested until it came time to put up the money, I think 
>there were 6 of us that anted up.  Joan my wife, gave me the 200.00 as a 
>present.
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>So the company decided that they wouldn't do it.
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>I put a lot of seat time in the company plane a Cessna 210, that had more 
>electronics in it that most commercial airliners.  We were a high tech 
>electronics company and the president of the company wanted to learn to 
>fly, so the company bought a plane, and hired a company pilot.
>
>I was flying back and forth from Spring Valley, NY to Baltimore, MD a 
>couple of times a week for about 4 months trying to work out the logistics 
>of moving a company that we  bought back to Spring Valley.  Most of those 
>flights were in the company plane and the pilot was pretty good about 
>teaching me.
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>I should have gotten my license at that time, but I changed jobs before I 
>could.
>
>Good idea about trading labor for lessons....
>
>Bob
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>At 07:52 PM 3/18/04 -0500, ROBBRUT at aol.com wrote:
>>Bob-
>>
>>When I learned to fly, my 28 yr old daughter and my 15 yr son also did at the
>>same time.
>>
>>They worked at the airport FBO in exchange for hours,Carol at the desk, and
>>Jamey in the hanger and on the line to augment the money they/we had to 
>>spend.
>>
>>I mowed a lot of grass there as well, and on a JD "B" too !
>>
>>So maybe you could see about a little barter arrangement, it's done all the
>>time.
>>
>>But first, scrape up enough $ for one lesson, just to make sure it is what
>>you want to do.
>>
>>By the way, my daughter Carol makes her living as an instructor in
>>single/multi engine and glider (including aerobatics in power and 
>>non-powered a/c), has
>>her instrument, helicopter and seaplane rating, tows banners, and is an FAA
>>designated powerplane and glider examiner working in the Dallas area.
>>
>>She's MUCH better than I am !
>>
>>She has refused more high-paying jobs than I care to remember because they
>>would keep her from flying, so be warned .......it can be very addictive !
>>
>>-Bruce
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