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I'm just north of Pittsburgh PA. Probably look at destinations near water like Charleston, SC, Chesapeake Bay, Put in Bay, Mackinac Island. Places like that. Neither of us drink other than an occasional glass of wine and we aren't partiers so bar/party environments wouldn't be likely. Although...

I am not a pilot (yet) and do not own an aircraft and have never rented/borrowed one but have been a boat owner for several years and am active on boating forums. The issue has come up in the boating world and the consensus is no way. Now the difference is in the licensing/experience. Anyone can...

Thanks for the responses. I tend to go overboard on everything. My son raced karts so I went out and bought 2 of everything, a new enclosed trailer, all the spare parts, etc. Bought a boat then had to go buy everything new for it and make everything look like new. I know if I go ahead with this...

Wow. lots of responses. Let's see. No I have 0 experience with small planes but would plan to go up in one before I get too involved in this. And I meant we currently might take 1 'commercial' vacation a year but if we had our own plane would go much more, maybe once or twice a month. We...

So I posted before about me considering getting my PPL and searching for a plane. In one sense I'm afraid I'd try it a few times and get over the rush and hardly ever fly again. On the other me and my wife are 52 and kids are grown and out of the house. It would be nice to take off for the...

Haven't went anywhere yet...lol. I bought Flight Simulator 2020 and the Honeycomb yoke to get the feel of things and gain some familiarity. Talked to my step-son who has a friend with a small plane at a local municipal airport. He is supposed to be finding out more like what type of plane, etc...

Ugh. typed a response but wasn't logged in and now lost it...lol I have no movement in my hand or fingers. My hand basically sits in front of my stomach and I have some strength to pull it up towards my chest but no strength to push it back down, pretty much gravity doing that. I have some...

That's interesting about the Class 3 rejection. Definitely good to know that. Thanks!

She had mentioned about buying one after we get our PPL but she has big ambitions...lol. But it's something we can talk about. I mean she is 26 and owns her own house plus 2 other houses and a 4 plex rental and in the process of buying a 12 unit so when she sets her mind to something she usually...

Interesting. Funny thing, my daughter is here (she's 26) and I mentioned it to her and she said she wants to get her PPL...lol. She said wait till next year and we will go through it together....lol. But she mentioned New Castle (PA) airport also does training. She lives in New Castle

Thanks. Gonna look into that. I'm gonna guess there may be something closer but will look. I didn't know what LSA was. Had to look it up...lol

That's a couple of hours away. There is a flight school at the Beaver County airport but I don't know much about it.I am going to have to give them a call and maybe stop in

Definitely something to think about. I think I really need to meet with an instructor and actually sit in a 152 or something similar to see exactly where everything is. I mean I drag raced for years in a 650HP 1969 Chevelle. It was an automatic but a manual valve body which meant I had to bump...

Thanks. That's inspiring. Sounds like a sport certificate is out of the question for me. I weigh 275lbs but trying to lose a little...lol. A Cessna 152 would probably not work either as far as a purchase. Me and my wife together are just under 500lbs and from what I can see that would leave very...

Looks like a sport certificate won't let me do what I want. My plan would be trips to maybe Georgia, SC, NC, maybe FL and would be me and my wife at a minimum and maybe 1 or 2 others at times. Payload would be important as I'm not a little guy...lol. Not sure what all planes would fit the...

Yeah I have seen that in the youtube videos which is what got me thinking about it. It's a longshot to begin with so I'm not getting my hopes up @455 Bravo Uniform I'm in western PA just north of Pittsburgh.

Sounds like I need to get in one and see where everything is and how movement between things would look

hmmmm. Pretty sure I 'could' figure it out but not sure it would be acceptable for certification. Sounds like moving a few controls would be the best bet. How hard would it be to move at least the throttle to the yoke on maybe a 152/172? In addition to that how would my flight time work? I'm...

I had read that somewhere too. Somewhere in one of my searches it said there is no regulation saying you can't fly from the right seat. That should make it much easier. Like I said above, if I don't need a hand on the yoke at the same time I'm working the throttle then I should be fine. If it...

That was cool. Not sure I would NEED adaptive controls. I can reach over and work everything that needs worked but would have to let go of the yoke to do it. If that is not acceptable then I'd need to figure out a way to relocate the throttle and mixtures. I'm thinking landings would be the only...