Anyone here a pilot i just got back from a circuits lesson in a 172r im enjoying it so much i m training for a career as pilot i go solo next lesson fingers crossed im so excited... anyone got any interestin stories?

I just hooked on aviation Im building my second model plane a pc9 with a ys .63 up front..

Man, stick with it. Flying for a living is the best there is. Lots of stories, but I don't think they will let a full scale thread live on here.

Have a blast with it. There is no better!

I've been flying GA for four years now, first in Japan (USAF Aero Club) and now in Alaska.

Some of the highlights: doing my commercial cross-country over the entire mainland of Japan in an N-registered aircraft and being treated like a celebrity, accidentally flying through a volcanic ash cloud (smells awful), blowing a tire at an international airport on landing (had traffic backed up for an hour), flying over 200 miles over open-water to Okinawa in a single-engine. Then there's bush, glacier, and mountain flying here in Alaska. Also, flying low and slow to help people spot wildlife. Not to mention floats and skis.

The best thing however, is the camaraderie and learning from the old-timers. One person I know has been flying up here since the forties and still is active.

Here's a similar thread:

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Wait until you solo, then you'll be HOOKED! Something about that feeling, like when your first child is born, that you get when you are all by yourself and you feel the wheels break ground and the plane becomes free from the restriction of gravity. How you become aware that this plane is a part of your body as you first fight to gain control as it sways and lifts, then falls at the mercy of the wind and thermals. And then the feeling of total satisfaction and self worth when you make those wheels again touch the ground and feel that bump in the seat of your pants and extends all the way to the tip of your head. I still have that feeling 17 years after I have soloed.

Ultralight builder/pilot.

Jetts