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"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:25:05 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:

Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Heh.

In 1967, my parent's house sold for $25,000. My dad bought a new
Chevy for about $2100, and a gallon of regular was about $.35.

Just add a zero to everything and it comes out about right (except the
house, So. Cal real estate being an outlier)

I know inflation happened, a 172 was $14,000 back then.
But I was able to pay for flying lessons in high school by washing
airplanes.

I knew one guy who soloed before he got his driver's license.
He used to ride his bicycle to the airport to fly airplanes.

Cheers
H.

Here's a memory:
http://www.marrazzo.net/~spiderwebne...veratFL240.JPG

"H. Adam Stevens" wrote

Here's a memory:
http://www.marrazzo.net/~spiderwebne...veratFL240.JPG

OK, I'll bite. What is this a memory of?
--
Jim in NC

"Gene Seibel" wrote in message
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On Apr 30, 8:25 pm, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



January, 1971. $12.00 wet, Stellar City Airpark

Al G

He used to ride his bicycle to the airport to fly airplanes.

That's what I did when I was in college. It was downhill to the airport
(ten miles), uphill to go home.

Jose
--
Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"H. Adam Stevens" wrote

Here's a memory:
http://www.marrazzo.net/~spiderwebne...veratFL240.JPG

OK, I'll bite. What is this a memory of?
--
Jim in NC


(chuckles to himself)

Solo in my late P Baron, Colorado Springs to Jackson Hole, Summer 1999.
Taken West of Denver at FL240.

Alas in May of '93 a "microburst" levitated the enormous hangar door on top
of said P Baron.

Cheers
H.

On 5/1/2007 5:44:52 PM, "H. Adam Stevens" wrote:

Solo in my late P Baron, Colorado Springs to Jackson Hole, Summer 1999.
Taken West of Denver at FL240.

Alas in May of '93 a "microburst" levitated the enormous hangar door on
top of said P Baron.

Your timeline is off. Do you mean in May of 2003 your aircraft was destroyed?

--
Peter

Jose wrote:
He used to ride his bicycle to the airport to fly airplanes.

That's what I did when I was in college. It was downhill to the
airport (ten miles), uphill to go home.



Oh gawd, I thought it was going to be another one of those "walked five
miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways" stories........ d:-))

That's what I did when I was in college. It was downhill to the
airport (ten miles), uphill to go home.
Oh gawd, I thought it was going to be another one of those "walked five
miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways" stories........ d:-))

Well, it was uphill both ways, but going to the airport it felt like
downhill.

Jose
--
Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

oops


"Peter R." wrote in message
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On 5/1/2007 5:44:52 PM, "H. Adam Stevens" wrote:

Solo in my late P Baron, Colorado Springs to Jackson Hole, Summer 1999.
Taken West of Denver at FL240.

Alas in May of '93 a "microburst" levitated the enormous hangar door on
top of said P Baron.

Your timeline is off. Do you mean in May of 2003 your aircraft was
destroyed?

--
Peter

It was at San Marcos, Texas.

2 0 0 3

or was it 4?

(how embarrassing)

http://www.tsaviation.com/modules.ph...ils&album= 19


2004


"Peter R." wrote in message
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On 5/1/2007 5:44:52 PM, "H. Adam Stevens" wrote:

Solo in my late P Baron, Colorado Springs to Jackson Hole, Summer 1999.
Taken West of Denver at FL240.

Alas in May of '93 a "microburst" levitated the enormous hangar door on
top of said P Baron.

Your timeline is off. Do you mean in May of 2003 your aircraft was
destroyed?

--
Peter