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07-29-2021, 7:25pm | #1 | ||||||
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I always wanted to get my PPL, and started towards it 30 yrs., ago, things happened, and never finished it. THE MEGA airshow in the US is Oshkosh with around 10k planes in/out over the weeks events. The majority are GA with VFR rules. It's really cool how they bring them all into the airport. Several yt videos that you can watch. Here is a snapshot of them lined up coming in this year. They also live broadcast the airshow on yt. The show today was all old and new military aircraft. The have an airshow everyday from 2:30-6:30. I'm not sure if it's military or not. Check their yt channel tomorrow for it live.
Monitor airshow freq: https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...osh4&icao=kosh Monitor arrival freq: https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?...osh3&icao=kosh Monitor tower freq: https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?..._twr&icao=kosh |
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Same. I passed the FAA written test and actually started flying. The problem was time. I'd fly on a Wednesday for example, then because of work commitments and weekend dog shows it'd be a couple weeks before I could fly again. That's no way to learn, it takes forever and it costs more.
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I wish I was you guys. I spent two years getting my A&P full time at school. I finished ground school for my ticket and got diagnosed diabetic. 10 years of never ending crap and it just won't stabilize. Its not worth the investment without a clean medical. If you really want it, just go do it before something prevents you from doing it...
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I have a cousin that goes every year. He has a USAF trainer he flies.
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A few years ago, my accountant suggested that I look into flight lessons and buying a plane, what with all the travel I was doing at the time. He mentioned a flight club where you pony up some cash, then make a reservation anytime you need a plane. With the club he was in, the plane sat unused most of the time. And, it was all tax deductible.
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Worked my way through an Instrument/Commercial rating. Wife was never interested in flying anywhere so it became just a really expensive hobby - boring holes in the sky. Took up racing to satisfy my fix and it was much more fun.
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Very cool. I’m a military/commercial pilot guy - my advice is put in the work if you want the achievement.
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One path is to get your Sport Pilot ticket. No exam, and your driver's license is your ID. Limited to flying only daytime/ VFR, but any hours built up apply to the full Private Rating. Aircraft are small and limited in power and load. If you get your Sport ticket, move up to Private and then lose your Private Medical, you can come back down to Sport. If you start at Private and lose Medical, you can't get your Sport later. In 2017 at Oshkosh I tracked down and talked to a huge number of people in the AOPA, EAA and FAA about diabetes. There was a booth for Diabetic pilots and they had the most informed information of anyone. But I was disgusted to find the #2 person in charge of Medicals, who was a doctor, was completely ignorant of ANYTHING to do with Diabetes. You can have a half a dozen stents and heart attacks and still get a clear medical, but they think diabetics are just randomly going to pass out. Maddening. |
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Which aircraft class do you race? I've wrenched for International Formula One and Unlimited classes.
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Diabetes doesn't get the attention like cancer and I think it's probably a worse disease. |
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Diabetes short version: Yes, because cancer is usually in one location and can be cut out or treated with radiation. Diabetes affects the whole body and there fore every individual part. No way to just do a simple operation to treat it.- Cancer is also known for the ability to make people donate lots of money. One in three women will get breast cancer! Too bad that nobody gives a damn that TWO out of three MEN get Prostate Cancer.... |
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