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40 years ago
the Baron's under the left door.
http://www.tsaviation.com/modules/co..._Gafford01.JPG "Peter R." wrote in message ... 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 |
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40 years ago
ManhattanMan wrote:
Ross wrote: ManhattanMan wrote: 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. That's about the time I did the same, 9 hrs, C-150 N8722G.. Flew out of the now defunct Fairfax airport in Kansas City, Kansas, presently a GM assembley plant.. Seem to remember dual was $15/hr. In 1970 I soloed from Hillside Airport, south of KCMO. $9.00/hr wet for a C-150. I got my commercial in ~1973 at the Johnson County Airport (now Executive) with the Johnson Co community college. C-172 were $16.00 hr wet and the instructors were salaried, so there were no per hour instructor charges. And I used to fill my '67 Buick Wildcat (430 CID) with premium at $0.19/gal. We used to go to Johnson Co. for touch & goes if Fairfax was busy - made my all time worst landing there with my CFI practicing full flap short field and bounced up so high I just hit the throttle for a go around. Really made me a believer of the 150's main gear! d:-)) Damn. All these "solo'd at 10 hours" stuff. I wonder if I had decent CFIs. I had 30 at my first solo. I know I don't learn super fast, but jeesh. |
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40 years ago
Erik wrote:
Damn. All these "solo'd at 10 hours" stuff. I wonder if I had decent CFIs. I had 30 at my first solo. I know I don't learn super fast, but jeesh. How far were your lessons spaced out? I had just finished four years in the Navy flying back seat as radar operator in S2F sub chasers, so navigation, general familiarization with aircraft was old stuff, and I was taking courses through the Junior College on pilot training, so things were going along at a pretty good clip.... It was still a kick in the pants anyway you slice it though, wasn't it????? d:-)) |
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40 years ago
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Erik wrote: Damn. All these "solo'd at 10 hours" stuff. I wonder if I had decent CFIs. I had 30 at my first solo. I know I don't learn super fast, but jeesh. look up old postings in rec.aviation.student. Every once in awhile there are postings about how long it's taking to solo. Summary: It doesn't matter, and it depends on a number of factors including frequency of lesson, prior experience, weather, traffic density. bottomline: it doesn't matter -- Bob Noel (goodness, please trim replies!!!) |
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40 years ago
On Tue, 1 May 2007 14:14:31 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote: 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. Well, now you know two. :-) I got my driver's license about two months after my first solo. Ron Wanttaja |
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40 years ago
Gene Seibel wrote:
Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for $16 wet then. At that rate, in 2037 a 152 will go for $380/hour wet. Maybe I need to rethink my retirement plans. It looks like I'll need more money than I thought. -m -- ## Mark T. Dame ## CP-ASEL, AGI ## insert tail number here ## KHAO, KISZ "I love cats. They taste just like chicken." |
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40 years ago
Erik wrote:
Damn. All these "solo'd at 10 hours" stuff. I wonder if I had decent CFIs. I had 30 at my first solo. I know I don't learn super fast, but jeesh. One thing to keep in mind: in the last 20 years the number of people soloing in less than ten hours has gone way down. I have a friend who soloed in the late sixties in less than five hours. Basically, his instructor took him and did turns (climbing and descending) and then taught him how to flare. After that, solo time. These days you learn a lot more prior to soloing, so it naturally takes longer. The average these days is closer to 20 hours than 10. A lot of factors affect that, as others have said. One of the biggest factors is how often you fly. If you fly once every week or so, it will take more hours than if you fly three or four times a week. But, as someone else pointed out, it doesn't really matter. All that matters is the end result: passing the checkride. -m -- ## Mark T. Dame ## CP-ASEL, AGI ## insert tail number here ## KHAO, KISZ "Forget the Joneses, I keep us up with the Simpsons." |
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40 years ago
On 5/1/2007 7:32:00 PM, "H. Adam Stevens" wrote:
It was at San Marcos, Texas. 2 0 0 3 or was it 4? (how embarrassing) Ah, don't sweat it. With three boys I often find myself having to pause to correctly cite their ages. -- Peter |
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40 years ago
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. It seems that most here are concentrating on the costs -- but I'd like to say "Congratulations" on 40 years in the air! I wasted my first 35 years on the ground, looking up. As a result of my procrastination, I doubt that I shall ever have the opportunity to enjoy aviation for 40 straight years -- it's quite an accomplisment, IMHO. Good job! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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40 years ago
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Tue, 1 May 2007 14:14:31 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens" wrote: 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. Well, now you know two. :-) I got my driver's license about two months after my first solo. With some states putting higher requirements on "yutes" of 16-18, that might become more common. |
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