I flew an airplane yesterday and lived to tell about it!!!

[NoSheep]

My friend has his license and we went up with him yesterday afternoon. I had avoided going for some time because I can get seriously ill from motion sickness etc. I found a medication, "Triptone" that divers take. It works really well. So I sat in the co-pilot seat and he let me fly the plane. For a few minutes, I was flying the plane all by myself! He said I seem to have uncanny natural ability! I'm so proud of myself! I'm usually such a scardey cat.:woohoo:

[Squatch]

1. What he didn't tell you, is that once properly trimmed...

most planes fly themselves pretty well.

[NoSheep]

3. Actually, he did tell me that but he let me maneuver around a bit and

said of all the co-pilots he'd had, I was the best!:P

[Squatch]

9. He just wants to get lucky.

Join the mile high club, as it were.

Hee, hee, hee. :evilgrin:

[NoSheep]

12. my SO was in the seat behind me. That "friend" had his chance ages

agoB-)

[Squatch]

13. LOL

[Ready4Change]

4. Hush. Don't mar the moment.

Besides, even once trimmed, hamfisted folk can make a mess of things. Not making the plane lurch about the sky shows a sensitivity of touch that takes some people a lot of practice to learn.

I know. I've cured many a turbulent flight by releasing the controls and seeing how much smoother the plane could fly itself.

I've got to get back in the air. Miss that.

[Squatch]

6. Me, too. Got waaaay expensive over the past 2 years.

$125/hr for a 172 and $92/hr for a Katana!!! A 2-seater!


http://www.horizonflightcenter.com/horizon/rental_rates.htm

[MindPilot]

15. that's the main reason i don't fly anymore

I used to be able to make more an hour than the airplane cost.

[Ready4Change]

18. Somewhat near me.

I used to fly out of Frederick, MD. Went past there a while ago and checked out the cost of avgas.

Wow!:wow:

[MindPilot]

11. Aw c'mon don't ruin it

I still remember my first ride at 14--I was hooked from that moment.

[Rick Myers]

2. When I was 19, some whacko Major let ME fly a C-130

over Mt. McKilney in Alaska!!! Some alarm kept foing off, I'd ask what it was and he said "Don't worry, it's broken!" It was awesome!!!

[NoSheep]

5. It was really cool! And a bit scary.

:scared:

[Debbi801]

7. Hey, WTG!...

If You liked it, You should check out the AOPA and see about taking lessons or taking a pinch hitter course. Nothing better (well almost nothing) than soaring through the clouds.

[NoSheep]

10. I've been thinking since my friend got his license that it is a great

skill to put on a resume! Highly specialized and not very common. He could live anywhere there are tourists!

[jody]

8. Sounds like you had a wonderful experience. Enjoy the following.

Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds--and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of
Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlight silence. Hovering there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the hand of God.

[NoSheep]

14. Thanks for that. Sunlit silence....must have been a glider!

[MindPilot]

16. You should be proud -- it's one of the greatest things you can do

A word of advice: If you think you want to learn to fly, DO IT! If you don't, you will spend the rest of your life wishing you had.

[NoSheep]

17. It's a different world. Listening to the other aviators on the radio was

exciting. Everyone checking in with each other. I realize all that would become normal, but the first time it was really exciting. Seeing how the plane worked. So basic it was hard to believe. It was a 4 seater. If you said the name I would know it.
Cessna 4 seater, whatever that is.