Davenelson Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Hi guys, I've just commenced my new hobby. The wife gave me an instructional flight for my 40th birthday. Well, I'm been well and truly been bitten by the bug to get in the air. Lots to learn now and just completed my second lesson. Spent 1.5 hrs in the air within three days and can't wait to get back up there. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyo68 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Dave, Welcome to the club for aviation tragics! Now you have been "bitten by the bug", an aircraft will not fly overhead without you looking up, wishing it was you flying it. Where are you flying, and what are you learning in? Cheers, Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davenelson Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Dave,Welcome to the club for aviation tragics! Now you have been "bitten by the bug", an aircraft will not fly overhead without you looking up, wishing it was you flying it. Where are you flying, and what are you learning in? Cheers, Joe Hi joe, Flying from Jasper's Brush, NSW south coast. Did the Instructional trial in a Brumby and learning in a Jab-160 Loving it would be an understatement Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Dave,. . . . . . . I know everone has welcomed you to this extremely friendly and very useful site, BUT. . . . DON'T DO IT MATE. . . . . . . This is the slippery slope to financial oblivion,. . . .not only this, but you'll be boring all your family and friends to tears with you exploits ! ! ! ! ! ! Pilots are a really WEIRD MOB. . . . Surely you don't really want to join them ? I've had expensive therapy, and I STILL waste loads of money doing it. . . . . ! ! ! ! I can't imagine how much money I've spent flying. . . . got to be more than a hundred grand in forty years,. . . . You could buy a nice fishing skiff for that . . . . ? Phil ( ! ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hi guys, I've just commenced my new hobby.The wife gave me an instructional flight for my 40th birthday. Well, I'm been well and truly been bitten by the bug to get in the air. Lots to learn now and just completed my second lesson. Spent 1.5 hrs in the air within three days and can't wait to get back up there. Welcome Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hi joe,Flying from Jasper's Brush, NSW south coast. Did the Instructional trial in a Brumby and learning in a Jab-160 Loving it would be an understatement Dave Welcome Dave, And no doubt you will be getting top instruction from Andy (Motz) and the team. Welcome to the life of forever looking up when your down and lo0king down when your up there wondering what the poor people are doing. Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 You could buy a nice fishing skiff for that . . . . ? Phil ( ! ) Tried that, trouble is I couldn't get it to fly, so back to spending hard earned cash on things with wings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Tried that, trouble is I couldn't get it to fly, so back to spending hard earned cash on things with wings Fair Go Paul. . . . When I wasn't gainfully employed flying guns, drugs and machine parts around the Indonesian archipelago,. . . ( ! ) my mate Gary and I decided to buy a cheapy old boat, and we went fishing off Brisbane a few times ( ! ) one day we caught something which was identified as a "Turbot" it was a right heavy little beggar, about a metre long and it took both of us to land it and drag it into our little ( 14ft ) boat. A local fishybloke said that the restaurants would pay a few bucks for one of those, and they weren't wrong ! We found a place that paid seventy bucks a fish ! Unfortunately. . .fisheries and wildlife caught up with us after around ten trips, and asked if we'd got a licence ( why do you have to have a licence for everything that's interesting, fun, and makes a few dollars ? ? ? ? ) He said our boat was under-equipped, insanitary and totally unsuitable, . . it had no refrigeration for fish caught, and we couldn't operate a commercial business unless we got a licence. . . . so that was the end of that little scam. Funny though, some time later, I tried grilled Turbot in Ujung Pandang, and thought it tasted rather like warmed up kangaroo doos. ! ! ! must be the way you cook it !( The Chinese and other asian restaurants used to LOVE it ! ! ! SO. . . . . . it was Back to flying. . . I had a licence for that fortunately. . . although some of those old cargo aeroplanes would NOT have passed a "Sanitary" test if you looked into the dunnies. . . . Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hi guys, I've just commenced my new hobby.The wife gave me an instructional flight for my 40th birthday. Well, I'm been well and truly been bitten by the bug to get in the air. Lots to learn now and just completed my second lesson. Spent 1.5 hrs in the air within three days and can't wait to get back up there. Just a very quick question Dave. . . . . . Why were you flying a Russian aircraft ( in your avatar pic ) ? ? ? ? had they got no AUSSIE ones ( ! ) Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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