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Are you a licensed pilot, having completed the coursework and flight training requires to obtain a pilot's license where you live? If not, would you ever like to learn to fly -- why or why not? |
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I don't have one, but I used to be an F-15 Crew Chief. One time I got an Incentive Ride, which over international waters... well I'll let your imagination go on that one. This isn't me, but I was one of these guys: I gave it up to come out here to the civilian sector and make five times more money. I'd go back in a second. u were one of the cleanup guys? 2
There are no "cleanup guys". The USAF has specialists for some areas of the aircraft, but everything else falls under the Crew Chief's jurisdiction. Washing, inspecting, launch/recovery, and most of the maintenance. Where a pilot may spend 2-3 hours a day in a plane, we spend 10-12 hours a day under, on, and in it. lol ok. whatever makes u happy |
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I do not have a pilot's license, and I have not taken any flight training. I don't have any plans to obtain a pilot's license, but I do enjoy accompanying my husband on flights. He doesn't fly very much, since we don't own an aircraft (most pilots don't -- they rent them from a flight school, flying club or pay a partial ownership fee to buy one with fellow pilots and share it among those who've paid.) My husband is an FAA-licensed General Aviation private pilot (single engine, land -- not complex, acrobatic or anything wild like that) and he has his instrument (IFR) rating as well. The IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) rating, or ticket as it's sometimes known, allows him to fly in instrument conditions -- put simply, conditions in which the pilot must rely on instruments to navigate the aircraft, such as when flying through clouds, precipitation or darkness at night. I'm pretty sure his instrument rating isn't current right now, since you have to perform certain tasks to maintain that proficiency. If you have any interest in learning to fly, or what it's like to fly as a passenger in a single-engine aircraft, pretty much any flight school in the United States offers what's called a "Discovery Flight. A discovery flight always involves an Certified Flight Instructor and usually costs about $50 at least in the Southern USA where I live. Most flight schools offer it, and it's simply a way for you to get a feel for whether learning to fly might be something you're interested in pursuing. The flight instructor will do all the work, but if you're comfortable (and under his or her constant supervision) you will be able to hold the control yoke of the aircraft and get your first sense for what flying entails. Another good resource is the Aircraft Owner's & Pilot's Association's website -- http://www.aopa.org/letsgoflying/ what is this? some kid of advertisement for ur husband? No, if anything it's an advertisement for learning to fly. Since I am not a pilot myself, it stands to reason if I am going to talk about it I ought to include why I might have any information on the matter. In this case, the reason why is because my spouse is a pilot. 1
Some Flight schools (mostly flight clubs) also offer free "discovery flights" to people seriously interested in becoming pilots Yeah, I mentioned that, Lestat611. |
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I don't have one. But I think it would be cool to learn to fly so if I have the chance I would get one. |
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I will be considering getting one. The idea of flight, I think, is very cool. |
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I am afraid of heights, so I don't think I'll be getting a pilot's license soon. |
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I would love to get one. It's always been a dream of mine to fly an aircraft. |
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I don't have a license yet. I love flying and I even have some Flight Simulators. I would like one day to get one. |
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I want to get one sometime...but I think I should stop being lazy and get my drivers license first...lol. Another thing I want to do is skydiving, but that's another story. |
