Guest luke_overstreet Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Recreational Flying is the first forum I've joined as an aspiring student pilot. I'm pretty excited to be a part of this community of people with the same thing binding them together - flying! I'm a high school student from Illinois. I'm taking flying lessons so that one day I might be able to work for an organization like MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship). I would also like to get some medical training, to be of a greater help on the mission field. I would really appreciate any comments or suggestions for a seventeen year old student looking to get a PPL and then maybe an A&P rating. If you'd like to see some more information about me and maybe help me realize the dream of getting a pilot's license, please check out my page at http://flying.chipin.com/. Thanks everyone, I'm looking forward to being a part of this forum family. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Welcome Luke, there a alot of information on this site, flying training etc although most of it is for australia, but there are some guys here that have attained a ppl or higher in the USA.Major Millard here on this site, has a PPL from the states and a A & P, licence from the states. He will help you out when he reads this. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luke_overstreet Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hey dazza, thanks for the information! I have actually considered studying in Australia for medical training. I have quite a few friends there, some near the the Gold Coast, I've heard it's really beautiful around there. It's good to hear there's other people who have a USA PPL, thanks again for welcoming me. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 G'day Luke, and a warm welcome to this forum :thumb_up: You have the same ambitions I do, I would love to fly for MAF one day also, Having quite a few friends in the Mission, it is certainly a great organization. I'm 18, and started flying at the age of 16, got my RAA (ultralight) license when I turned 17, and have been flying as much as I can ever since, now got around 100hrs I guess on quite a range of things, including gliders. I'm starting my GA (general aviation) PPL license in the next few weeks (doing it over near the Cold Coast actually). I live about 300klm west of there. Keep it up, and get involved as much as you can... you'll be surprised at what you can get a ride in sometimes! Medical people are a big need in MAF! I'm currently a Diesel fitter, going into Aviation mechanics shortly. Take care, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Nice to see young guys(and gals) with a dream, especially ones like you two have. I wish you both the best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 No worries luke.Have fun here.MAF is a great idea, here in australia, they train pilots down in the state of Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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