Official Private Pilots License

[bow4lyf]

bow4lyf becomes a snitch...


*goes to warn france of danger*


*clears throat* anyways.... a round on the house for every1 on me!

[Zuka Zamamee]

*France is instantly turned into the International Nuclear Wastelands*

[bow4lyf]

*bow4lyf almost died in the progress when a nuke landed infront of him. But somehow he lived... weird*

[Zuka Zamamee]

We went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic somehow.

Now, back to my original question.

Any pilots/aviation lovers here?

[Cheshire]

nope

[bow4lyf]

mmm.. but i do like that movie The Aviator.... and Fighter Pilot at the Imax. So... i guess i love aviaton

[Tordek]

The real question though is...who loves Chuck Norris?

[zipcat]

Hrm... I've never been on a plane or anything that flies, but I bet it'd be a lot of fun. I'd like to give it shot some day, after I finish college and finally get a vacation or something. I'd fly somewhere, maybe.

Zuka, what would you say is the hardest thing about flying a plane and learning how to?

[Spune]

I know alot about planes, hell I live right next to the biggest flight line of F-16's in the world (and by right next I mean 100ft, it's too damned noisy)

Sadly, I don't know how to fly them.

[Zuka Zamamee]

Hmm...some difficult things for VFR (Visual Flight Rules) pilots are:

Steep turns (far more harder than it seems, believe me), S-turns around a road, turns around a point, recovering from power-on/off stalls, spin recovery, emergency procedures, navigation, meteorology, situational awareness, lost procedures, communicating with ATC, combating spatial disorientation in instrument conditions, solo cross-country flights (the FAA defines cross-country flights as over 50 nm from one airport to another), the checkride, the oral exam, the written exam, and, the most dangerous of all, take-offs and landings.

For IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) pilots, I'd have to list:

ILS (Instrument Landing System) approaches, IFR cross-countries/solo cross-countries, even more complex and involved flight planning and communications with ATC, and every other aspect.

So yeah. Flying is multi-tasking to the infinate degree.

:p

[zipcat]

Wow

that sounds so hard. good job again at getting license, it must have been a challenge. Like.. big time o.O

[Zuka Zamamee]

Hehehe. It is hard work, but it is rewarding nonetheless.

I have my Private Pilot's License, so now I'm working on my Instrument rating. And from there, I'll get my Commerical rating. Then my Multi-Engine/Multi-Engine Instrument ratings. And then my Certificated Flight Instructor's/Instrument Instructor's/Multi-Engine Instructor's ratings. And then my Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) rating.

And then...I'll be an airliner pilot...after spending...30 grand for flight training alone.

:p

[bow4lyf]

WOW! 30k ... man, u must be so broke rite now.



lol, just imagine if u are as rich as u are in DC!

[Zuka Zamamee]

Heh...we've spent just over 10k now...but meh, we're not broke...yet.

:p

[BullMinotaur]

Congrats man. Some day mabey you will fly over my house and I can wave lol. Can't you get a grant to help pay for you training? Well here is some :milk: to help you keep going strong.