Jay Honeck writes:

When I learned to fly, I had no time, and EXACTLY the amount of money
needed to get my PPL -- no more, no less. I actually drained my
savings account the same week that I took my checkride.

A savings account? What's that?

There was no money in the budget for flying. None. We flew when we
could based solely on bonus commission checks from my job, and
birthday/Christmas gifts.

Bonus commissions? Christmas gifts? What are those?

This proved to be a great incentive to succeed, since I knew that I
could not fly without more income. That driving desire to get (and
remain) airborne has propelled me to start three successful businesses
-- something I probably would not have done without the incentive of
flight.

That's a viable option in the U.S., for sure.

Once again proving the old adage: "If you want something badly enough,
you will find a way..."

That's true if you don't place a time limit on finding a way.
Anything is possible if you have eternity.

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