I got the fly today!
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hehe, no really I got to do some of the flying today while up in a small plane. We needed to do some work on the far east side of Iowa (I'm in Nebraska) so we had a friend fly us there. I got to try it on the way there and did do it for quite a while on the way back. I know it's not the hard parts (take off and landing) but was fun none the less. I've always wanted to learn how but it takes time and money which I just don't have at this time in my life. But one can always hope for later in life.
OK I'm done with my 5 yr old moment.
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Hey, man. I'm jealous. I was really into flight simulators for a while and have never lost the desire to fly a real plane. Someday...
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Oh, how fun! You know, I thought I saw you up there!
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We flew into Muscatine. Nice lil town.
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My aunt who lives in Missouri owns a small cessna (I think that is what it is, something similar) plane. She let me take the co-pilot controls when I was up there. She hasn't let me fly since. Maybe it was because I wanted to see if the plane could do a loop.
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Way to go INANE.
I also got to fly yesterday.
I soloed (sp) my RC sailplane for the first time yesterday.
Not the "real" thing but a lot of fun none the less.
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In reply to:
Maybe it was because I wanted to see if the plane could do a loop.
Is your nickname "stall-boy"?
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Alright, fellow aviation enthusiast. Glad you enjoyed your flight INANE, hopefully you'll be able to do the lessons some day ... soon.
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That's one of those things that is on my list as well. I think it would be fun to learn to fly. Definately one of the things I would do if I hit the lottery and didn't have to work, but had tons of time to spend on things I wanted to do.
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I've already taken my 1st three sailplane lessons (full scale/not RC) and hope to complete them by the end of summer.
This is type of sailplane (ship) I'm taking lessons in.
The Grob 103 Twin Astir.
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