Jim Burns wrote:
I see a just for fun type rating... I don't know if it would interest
you,
but one thing I've looked into a couple times is a DC3 type rating. There
are several outfits around the country including one "club", I think it's
in
CA, where you become a member, get your type rating and then are
"approved"
to put your name on their list of pilots to move the airplane around the
country for training and for airshow appearances. Plus it seems like
everybody knows a "local" DC3 which may give you the opportunity to use
the
rating.

I'd love a DC-3 type rating. And the cool thing is, is that I can't use the
excuse for not doing it as "I'll never use it" because the same goes for the
Citation or 737 type ratings as well as the seaplane rating -
http://www.norcalaviation.com - the most fun I've legally had in a plane!!!



Another fun rating that you might be interested in, and a lot cheaper,
would
be a multi-engine sea rating. There are a couple places in FL that do
them,
usually in a Twin SeaBee, or you may be able to find a Twin Otter. Me, I
can't even swim, so it doesn't really appeal to me, but those who I know
have done it have had a blast.

I'm very tempted. I have family over in FL (see post about Key West
flight), so hopefully I get around to doing that someday. Last time I
checked, the owner of the twin that Norcal Aviation has/had wouldn't put
money into required engine maintenance, so they didn't have a CMES.


Let me know if you find something... I may just have to start a new
adventure myself.

Update: I bought the Sportys Citation DVD a couple of months ago, also
bought their glider DVD, and yesterday my Nolly Citation DVD arrived in the
mail. Oh, I also bought a Citation manual on eBay.

Off topic: Speaking of gliders, a friend recently got his Private (Glider)
add-on and was up in Minden today and he said he got to 17,999 and 11.9" and
really had to push the nose down - 3.5 hours on a $35 tow - and he called me
at work to tell me. Nice guy! :|

Hilton