"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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Got my first (student) license supension and grounding flying a PA-22
Colt. And passed my Private license check flight in a PA-18 Super
Cub--damn complex, it had a radio and flaps!

And don't forget the elevator trim handle on the left you had to rotate like
mad to trim it before landing. Seems I always scratched my knuckles on the
metal wall while trying to do that. I never got my pilots license in it
because I was in the Aviation Cadet program in the Air Force. We went from
the Cub to the T-6 in Primary and then I flew the T-28 and T-33 in Basic
Training.

Strange. I never got my civilian ticket until I was Aircraft Commander in a
B-52H at Minot AFB, ND. Took the special written (civilian Regs) and got a
Commercial Multi-engine Instrument ticket. No single engine privileges
because I wasn't current in any single engine aircraft. I had to go to the
civilian airport and check out in a Mooney to get it to include single
engine. (couldn't afford to rent a multi-engine for our vacation trip).

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