Unscientific survey - why are you a pilot?

OK, I wasnt goin' to reply...but your sig tweaked me...I'll post to
that later

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:14:53 -0700, Doug Semler
wrote:


Do you have a "family history" of aviation/piloting?
Nope...none...zero...zip


Are you an adventure seeker (anything from "true" adrenaline junkee to
"every day is different and brings a new challenge")
hmm...maybe the latter. routine sux. Very risk averse. Though...I
AM actually considering an invitation to parachute form a fellow
pilot.


Are you constantly seeking new challenges?
see previous

(subpart) Do you find that you get bored easily?
uh didnt I just say that ? Can you say ADD-ish?

Do you have a "thirst for knowledge" (e.g. would you rather be in
school than working)?
Some of each.

(subpart) Do you find yourself constantly seeking out new things
about flying regularly or do you only look it up when you run across
something you don't know.
Yes, I do...got my Comm'l ASEL and then went out to learn to fly
gliders. I find a WIDE variety of pilots at the glider club and
always learn sumthin new...not always abt gliders!

(subpart - for instructors) Do you enjoy it when your student "gets
it" or has that "aha! moment?"
N/A (yet)...but I do train at work...and that's a big YES!

Are you a "control freak" (type-a)?
mmm....hmmm...yep...

Do you have hints of "delusions of grandeur?" or is it more like "I'm
on top of the world when I fly"
Top of the world! No delusions...i know who I am and where I stand

Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Havent you figured that out yet?
EX_ TRO_VERT with occasional small lapses into introversion.
(Oh, geez, now I'm bipolar as well as ADD...there goes the next
medical!)

If given the choice, would you rather read fiction or an aviation
oriented book?
EASY! Vixen 03...fiction but aviation...maybe Rod Machado's big
pilot book second.

Given another choice, I might rather watch the flying scenes in "The
English Patient"

(For those that use the radio) Do you find that you have always had
good communication skills?
Unfair advantage...Extra Class ham and lots of experience running
radio nets. If anything I'm too chatty on the radio. Doesnt help
that i know a lot of the local ATC folks either .

Are you left brained or right brained (logic-and-math or Artsy
fartsy)?
Left, but finding more of the right as I get older and more patient.
(dad was way left ,mom was way right)

--Don Byrer


Don Byrer KJ5KB
Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy
Glider & CFI wannabe
kj5kb-at-hotmail.com

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..."
"Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..."