For me that question is as hard to answer (or pointless) as "Why did you want to breath oxygen?" or "Why did you want to blink?" From my earliest memory I wanted to fly. I was facinated with birds, bugs, planes, rockets, Frisbees, and anything else that left the ground.

What I am embarassed to admit and wish you would convey to your readers as a bad example, is that I waited until I was nearly 40 years old before it occurred to me that I could walk into an FBO and simply say, "Teach me to fly."

I don't think many people realize that it is just that simple. Once you're inside the process, it is all quite straightforward and simple. Walk into any FBO, talk to the right person and you can be flying that very day. But until you've done that, it may not occur to you just how easy it is to start. Until you've taken that first step, many don't know that an FBO full of CFIs eager to teach are in nearly every community.

Steve C.
Memphis, TN