Lets see your desktop! :)

First picture ever taken of the aircraft I fly, in France... as I'm ferrying it to the US.



P.S. Carlos Nakai = great Native American flute music

havnt made it special, but might make some kind of website for my desktop

allway's cool to have a website as your own desktop

not some website but one you created...

Originally Posted by SocataSmoker

First picture ever taken of the aircraft I fly, in France... as I'm ferrying it to the US.



P.S. Carlos Nakai = great Native American flute music

Shoot...in the 60's I was an air cadet and did the "link" trainer course..which was the 1st sort of flight simulator, the same thing as the CAE simulators that they use now to train pilots. Plus then training was easily available, a course for a private instrument flight license was about $350.00.....i should have been smarter and got my license...

Ok. This is a photo I took a few years ago from the backyard area of my folks' place.

this is a clump of grass in my driveway. my son made a face out of it. ..... desktop resized.jpg

Originally Posted by Twistyman

a course for a private instrument flight license was about $350.00.....i should have been smarter and got my license...

$350!!!? Wow... If I hadn't worked my way up to my ratings just by flying and instead paid for everything, I can imagine I'd be about 30-40k in the hole. That's amazing man, I'll have to tell that to a few pilots I know who're complaining about training costs. There's still time, you can always get your license... and for those who don't want to fly fast and high, there's the sport license which pretty much insures that with a drivers license, you can also be a pilot. Check it out.

http://www.sportpilot.org/

Originally Posted by SocataSmoker

$350!!!? Wow... If I hadn't worked my way up to my ratings just by flying and instead paid for everything, I can imagine I'd be about 30-40k in the hole. That's amazing man, I'll have to tell that to a few pilots I know who're complaining about training costs. There's still time, you can always get your license... and for those who don't want to fly fast and high, there's the sport license which pretty much insures that with a drivers license, you can also be a pilot. Check it out.

Learn to Fly - EAA Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft Information

aren't those the little planes everyone keeps crashing in though? i'm scared to get 3 feet off the ground.

Originally Posted by fdd2blk

aren't those the little planes everyone keeps crashing in though? i'm scared to get 3 feet off the ground.

I think it's mostly all pilot-error that caused the crashes... here's a great site for you in California, also the aircraft they list are A+ trusted designs, especially Tecnam and Remos aircraft, they're great!

Light Sport Airplanes West - Official Site for West Coast Dealership in Light Sport Aircraft. Sting Sport, Remos, Tecnam Bravo, Tecnam Echo Super, Tecnam Sierra, Flight Design CT Cruiser, Evektor Sportstar. Sport Pilot Training. Aircraft Sales, Demos

and some more info on it...

http://www.aopa.org/sportpilot/