| | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,775 Likes: 300 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,775 Likes: 300 | It's still sinking in with me, too (after 8 years of airplane ownership)! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,749 Likes: 2263 Member/20,000 posts | | Member/20,000 posts Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,749 Likes: 2263 | It's still sinking in with me, too (after 8 years of airplane ownership)! What he said but 30+.....and I doubt I'll ever get over it. We're all so fortunate to not only fly but to actually own the vehicles that take us where so few can go. Dang fortunate indeed. Jim
Cessna 150/150, N2259M - Mighty Mouse
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,775 Likes: 300 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,775 Likes: 300 | We're all so fortunate to not only fly but to actually own the vehicles that take us where so few can go.
Dang fortunate indeed. Amen to that! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,559 Likes: 559 DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! | | DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,559 Likes: 559 | [quote=Jim_Hillabrand
We're all so fortunate to not only fly but to actually own the vehicles that take us where so few can go.
Dang fortunate indeed.
Jim [/quote]
Absolutely.
We are lucky and fortunate. To be able to FLY! In OUR own birds!
Pinch me!
8 years owning Mary Lou, and it's like day one every day. The thrill ain't gone, that's for sure!
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Join the Popular Front for the Reunification of Gondwanaland. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,015 Member/1000+posts | | Member/1000+posts Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,015 | Fortunate indeed...It trumps flowers, chocolates and movies. Yesterday morning I got emails from my two sisters in Eastern Canada. One got a card,chocolates and was going to a movie. The other got a card, flowers, was going out to dinner and then a movie. So I emailed back last night and told them I flew for over an hour, got the airplane fulled and put away in the hangar at dusk and came home and heated up leftovers for our dinner. A Valentine's Day only a pilot could love.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 Member/100+posts | | Member/100+posts Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 | I am (or at least "my" plane) is legit now. I went down to the airport at lunch (3 miles from home) to do tie down paper work. Airport manager must have been bored so he loaded me up in the truck and we did a nice little tour. Kind of amazing that I have flown out of this airport for years yet had no clue what all was available to aircraft owners.
Best part is they had the form I needed so after I drop a few things in the mail, my paperwork is current and I am legally park.
It was funny when I parked in transient parking, the little 150 is so small the tie down chains wouldn't reach!!!! I mentioned this to the airport guy and he said he would have them add some chain to my spot just to be sure.
I really didn't want to deal with the scary people in the tower building previously, after today, seems they are there to help! It was a very nice visit.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | You hadn't been in a tower before?  Your instructor was remiss in his duties! That's almost mandatory where I trained. I've been up in several towers, and it's always enjoyable. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 Member/100+posts | | Member/100+posts Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 | Carl,
He took me to B,C, and D airspace towers! He mentioned the airspace here in the Bay Area has a decent amount of activity and wanted me to be comfy with reaching out for help if needed. It was cool to see especially as a student pilot.
In this case the airport offices with admin/security folks are in the base of the tower.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | Cool! I forget the "student pilot" part! We're all student pilots, no matter how many thousands of hours, how many ratings, or how big the aircraft!
Licensed to learn! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 Member/100+posts | | Member/100+posts Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 180 | I'm feeling that all over as a neophyte owner.
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