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A great achievement. I have about 75 hours over a lot of years. 40 hours as a student in a 150 and then the rest with friends in low wingers and a twin. I'll never finish but I sure do love to fly. I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Back when I lived in the Chicago area, late 1960's, I instructed at a large Part 141 school at Midway, where the only curricula that we taught were for instrument rating and instrument instructor certificate. The Chief Instructor was a grumpy guy who gave a lecture whenever he heard somebody refer to a "pilot license." He would say that a license was something you bought, like a dog license, hunting license, etc. (he included driver license in that category), while a Certificate was something that you earned. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Lead slingin' Parrot Head  |
Outstanding pursuit and accomplishment! I have a lot of respect for those who conquered their fears. I miss flying and hope to get back into it someday.
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3° that never cooled |
I am a victim of instructors who never corrected my terminology. I still think of it as a license  I also have a drivers license, that I had to take written and driving test to acquire.NRA Life | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Congratulations, that's quite an accomplishment. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, MGO Annual Member | |||
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Contrats! Clear Prop! Green side down. Cheers Don't. drink & drive, don't even putt. | |||
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Congratulations! | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
WELL DONE! WELL DONE INDEED!! I took my check ride in 1987. And promptly ran out of money to fly. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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I ran out of money about halfway to my checkride. And that was in about 2004-5. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
It is true that pilots are certificated. There are plenty that would argue that we’re certfiable too, but that’s another issue… | |||
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OK, I'll play. BTW congratulations!!! Now, what was the end number of the first plane you soloed?? Mine was N8135C, a Piper Cherokee PA28-161. | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
I don't remember the N-Number, but it was a 65 hp Aeronca Champ, much like the one in the photo below. It was August 1964 at the now-closed Asbury Park NJ airport, and I had about eight hours when my instructor said, "I'm gonna get out and watch you. Do everything just like I showed you, and if you do good, I'll let you solo."  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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http://www.airfields-freeman.c..._NJ_E.htm#asburypark Where I learned to fly (1970-71) is also closed: http://www.airfields-freeman.c...hmond_S.htm#berkeley | |||
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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
My first solo was at LDJ, Linden NJ, in the summer of 1979. My great grandfather was involved in the founding of LDJ, and my dad kept his Piper Arrow there. I probably landed at Asbury Park with my dad before it closed. He loved puttering around to all the little airports in NJ, and cruising up and down the shore. | |||
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Congrats! From someone to chicken to do it themselves whose first solo ended on the taxiway. | |||
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Nice job. Flying is great fun. Best “job” ever. | |||
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