Got My Private Pilot's License Today

November 09, 2025, 09:25 PM

Powers77

Very cool, Congratulations.
I looked at doing the same and determined it was too expensive of a hobby for a set of tight asses like me and the wife.
I did full research on it and the Discovery flight. Think I would have liked it outside of the cost. Kind of wish I had more seriously considered it as a career path years ago.

November 09, 2025, 09:30 PM

egregore

quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
Congrats and welcome to the club.

Belated? This thread started two and a half years ago.

November 09, 2025, 10:08 PM

jimmy123x

quote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
Just an update today, as I noticed in my logbook that my latest flight put me over the 300 total hour mark. I reread my original post and noted that I had expressed an interest in doing Pilots n Paws rescue flights, and 2 and half years later, it was a flight to pick up a 95lb German Shepherd stuck in a kill shelter that put me over the 300 hour mark.

Since getting my Private Pilot Certificate, I have gone on to get my instrument rating and high performance endorsement and now have over 50 hours in the Cirrus SR22, which my wife prefers because of the air conditioning and parachute system.

A while back, I took my niece on a quick flight to Marathon in the Florida Keys for lunch. That flight lit a spark in her, and she is now at Univ. of Michigan studying aeronautical engineering and working on her private pilot certificate.

It's been a fun journey - one that I look forward to continuing.

Very nice, Flying over the FL keys is beautiful.

November 10, 2025, 08:13 AM

220-9er

I did this a few decades ago.
Even though I no longer fly, the knowledge and skills you learn on a variety of related subjects are well worth the time.
Just reading the ground school books (at a cost of almost nothing) would help most people have a much better understanding of physics, weather, and all sorts of general aviation issues.