Unscientific survey - why are you a pilot?

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

This has
probably been asked umpteen times before, and will be asked umpteen
times in the future, but I am trying to get a feel for the
psychological aspect that causes a person to WANT to be a pilot.

To experience the joy evoked by the vistas encountered in flight. The
rapture evoked by the sights an airman routinely encounters fill his
memories with delight.

To play among the clouds as every child imagines. Why lay on your
back wishing you could cavort among the cottony forms when piloting
enables you to fulfill those dreams?

To overcome the limitations of human navigation in the third
dimension. Why accept the limitation of merely walking the surface of
the earth when there is so much more available?

To overcome the frustration with automobile and airline travel.
Traffic congestion, surreptitious speed-trap radar operation by law
enforcement officers, low highway speed limits, and the exposure to
the hazard caused by inept motorists conspire to make driving tedious
and banal for all but the short trips to the grocery store. The
character of airline travel has changed from a pleasurable experience
to become a waiting game for dubious security and inane delays as a
result of stupid airline scheduling and routing. No thanks.

To enable the exploration of geologic and cultural artifacts on the
surface. There are many surface features that can only be truly
appreciated from an aerial vantage point:
http://www.pilotgetaways.com/skytours/index.html

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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:14:53 -0700, Doug Semler
wrote in . com:

To play among the clouds as every child imagines. Why lay on your
back wishing you could cavort among the cottony forms when piloting
enables you to fulfill those dreams?


My all time favorite Peanuts from Charles Shultz; an absolute genius!


"Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown were looking at clouds. Linus said one
formation reminded him of Steven being stoned in the Bible, another
reminded him of British Honduras, and another reminded him of the
sculptor Thomas Ekins. When Lucy asked Charlie Brown what he saw, he
said, "I was going to say I saw a duck and a horsie, but I changed my
mind."

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:14:53 -0700, Doug Semler
wrote in . com:

To play among the clouds as every child imagines. Why lay on your
back wishing you could cavort among the cottony forms when piloting
enables you to fulfill those dreams?

My all time favorite Peanuts from Charles Shultz; an absolute genius!


"Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown were looking at clouds. Linus said one
formation reminded him of Steven being stoned in the Bible, another
reminded him of British Honduras, and another reminded him of the sculptor
Thomas Ekins. When Lucy asked Charlie Brown what he saw, he said, "I was
going to say I saw a duck and a horsie, but I changed my mind."

--
Dudley Henriques


They all look the same from the inside. :-)
While skydiving, I always consider it a special treat when I "inadvertently"
bust through
one of the scattered "white puffies" that are common in the Central Florida
summertime sky.
Like they say, "I know what a cloud tastes like"! (I've been in some
not-so-puffy ones too)
Maybe flying will be next after I've raised my kid.

BlueSkies, Tony P

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:03:13 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:14:53 -0700, Doug Semler
wrote in . com:

To play among the clouds as every child imagines. Why lay on your
back wishing you could cavort among the cottony forms when piloting
enables you to fulfill those dreams?


My all time favorite Peanuts from Charles Shultz; an absolute genius!


"Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown were looking at clouds. Linus said one
formation reminded him of Steven being stoned in the Bible, another
reminded him of British Honduras, and another reminded him of the
sculptor Thomas Ekins. When Lucy asked Charlie Brown what he saw, he
said, "I was going to say I saw a duck and a horsie, but I changed my
mind."

Was in last Sunday's paper again(in color)! One of my favorites
too. Knew it was right away...

--Don
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..."