by "Jay Honeck" Nov 15, 2005 at 01:37 PM


I am trying really hard to get a "news reader." The problem is that
the
local antiques dealer doesn't have anymore of the appropriate vacuum
tubes
to power the damned thing! Oh well, I'll have to stick to the thing
that
ALGORE invented.

If you are running Windows 98 or XP, you already have an excellent (and
real) newsreader, called "Outlook Express".

It's also an excellent email program, and costs precisely...nothing,
since

it comes bundled with Windows. It'll sure make reading your posts
easier.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hi Jay! I guess I could do that more easily with my home computer.

On the training, I had settled on the Cessna (How the heck do you climb in
and out of the Piper if you're over 6' tall??? ;-) ). Then I called a
school someone had recommended (not at the local airport, which I
absolutely detest).

I can't believe how much it costs today!!! More than double what I would
have paid about 12 years ago had I continued, even if I redo the ground
training with a software program. And then there's the fuel costs.

I can no longer claim that $3K and four weeks in a learn to fly in a month
school gets a ticket for most anyone who really wants it. The figure today
is closer to $8-10K. I'm trying to see if I can make it work in retirement
without requiring me to go back to work FT. If I had to do that, I would be
in the same situation as last time when I spent a few thousand bucks only
to decide that I couldn't fly often enough to be proficient (that is,
above the basic requirements to get the ticket). I may have to just
content myself with sitting in the right seat of my buddy's Cessna and
working the GPS for him....

Responsible guys like yourself who got their ticket years back have a huge
advantage over newcomers. I have to believe that the flight schools are
suffering.