172 in KS
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08-23-2008, 05:42 PM
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Pilot, I enjoy flight instructing but I admit I am not dependent on it for a livelihood. If I were it might be a different story. I decided years ago to take the slow route to an airline job and make sure it never gets too heavy. I fly because I want to, not because it pays the bills. Right or wrong, I am not going to let the world take away my love of flying.
08-23-2008, 05:53 PM
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Oh hell no, I love flying. Making a living off it is just a bonus, even if it's only for two more weeks.
I liked flight instruction a bunch too. Just never had much luck with the students that wanted to spend (waste) the extra money to do it in a glass cockpit from day one. For an advanced student, or somebody flying single pilot on a long X-C who knows how to use it, it's a fantastic S/A tool.
I liked flight instruction a bunch too. Just never had much luck with the students that wanted to spend (waste) the extra money to do it in a glass cockpit from day one. For an advanced student, or somebody flying single pilot on a long X-C who knows how to use it, it's a fantastic S/A tool.
08-23-2008, 06:18 PM
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Wonderful pictures! My 172 never looked that nice or clean or fancy.
If you get a chance, fly northeast following I335 to Topeka, then north along 75 until you get to 36, then east on 36 for a few miles. Take some pictures of my husband's boyhood home.
If you get a chance, fly northeast following I335 to Topeka, then north along 75 until you get to 36, then east on 36 for a few miles. Take some pictures of my husband's boyhood home.
Seriously nice pictures though.
08-24-2008, 04:41 PM
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DC-6 we've been seeing for the past few weeks here, right? I love that plane. I served as a tow pilot at the Wichita Flight Festival this weekend and someone had one on display. It's even more awesome in person than in pictures. There were QUARTS of oil on the ground under each engine, and it sits so high you don't have to stoop to walk underneath it. I thought it was even cooler than the F-15 they had from the Air Force doing sub-supersonic low passes. It is an amazing piece of aviation history. Jet technology is great but it does not share the romance and drama of piston-era transports.
Last edited by Cubdriver; 08-24-2008 at 06:59 PM.
