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Mid Life Crisis gift to myself, Pilot Training
I'm 48, and time to have me som fun...
Been flying as a passenger since I was 8 months, have had 102 flights on commercial flights that I can recall ... Have flown Schweizer 232 sailplanes, and Cessna 172's (not take off or landings.) Have played with MS Flight Sim since 1995, and probably have logged over 400 hours of flight on that game....the new ATC versions make it more fun. I understand flight theory and dynamics, and have felt at home and at ease while behind the yoke or stick while in the 172 and 232's. So I looked at flight training, and here west of Toronto at the Guelph airport, it's about $4500 allowing me to carry one passenger, $7500 to carry multiple passengers, or $8500 (plus 200 hrs @ $125/hr) for commercial pilot...(all in Canadian $$$) So I have time, might as well go for the commercial licence, and have me some fun...not that it will get me a job by the time I'm done (I'll be 51 - 52 by my training timeline). Never too late, and since having sex with Jeannie (Barbara Eden) is out of the question (Hey, she's still hot for 72), I might as well fulfill anpother dream, eh? |
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