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As a 20-something who hasn't figured out what he wants to do with his life, I'm here to ask about aviation certifications and potential careers. As those of you who've read my other thread know, I plan on finishing my PPL this summer. After that I'm really tossing around the idea of going on to...

It's fine. They're not bothering me. They're just people on the internet. And just to be clear, I could fly the XP just fine. It's not that I couldn't handle it. I just preferred the docile, kite-like 150 to train in.

I don't believe the 195 and 210 is a difference of engines. It's the same engine - the Continental IO-360. It can be cranked up from 195 to 210 some way (I think).

Thanks bluesideup! I agree. Thanks for the good tips about the 172 and the XP. My father really loves the XP. I just really wish he were feeling better so we could do some more flying together. He is going to have surgery soon, and there will be some recovery time, but I expect him to be back at...

My dad's not flying right now. Has severe back problems and is having surgery soon. Also on medication. I'm doing this 100% without my parents. Going with my old instructor in the 172SP so it's settled.

I found my old instructor from 7 years ago. Still teaching, and $45. Boom!

Which either means I'm an idiot, or I'm that damn good. I'll let you draw your own conclusion.

And I've already established I don't care what you think. :) Lol, no... I'm just kidding man.

Okay, I wasn't going to post here again because I didn't feel it was worth it. However, there's a couple of little thungs here juuuuust.....grinding my gears a little too much that I just have to respond to. Here's the main ones: I have no idea what you're talking about. Please show me the...

Wow, what a bunch of uptight jerks. I guess I was supposed to be dissertation-level with my eloquency in how I worded my posts so as to satisfy you all. Forget it. I won't post here again. Enjoy your forum everyone.

And just like that, I don't care about anything you have to say. If you're going to be one of those people who throw around the word "troll" so freey, you can just stay out of my threads. Sorry not sorry.

Dude, it's more plane than you think. Those things scream! What do you mean?

Well, if there's a freelance CFI on here who works out of Nashville who will train me in my dad's XP for $35/hour, I'll have an $800 check for you here in 2-3 weeks. Spread the word.

I've always heard from various people over the years that the specs of an airplane as listed in the manual are actually half of what the plane will actually do. So take for example that the Cessna 150 has a useful load of roughly 475 lbs., does that mean 475 is actually half of what it will...

Lol, doing full power stalls in the XP was pretty much a 90 degree angle.

Those xps ain't no joke! Lol... I had trouble taming it in the air and landing it. Lots of power on tap. Never got the feel for it. The 150 was so easy to fly. They are my favorite plane simply because they are so easy to operate.

This more of a "I want to finish what I started" type of thing. I'm probably not going to do a crazy amount of flying. I will likely end up easing my way into flying as a hobby. My plan was to essentially take my tax refund and cut an instructor a pretty fat check with it all at once and say...

Oh, and one more thing. Given my time away, how many hours do you think it would take to finish it? I know I will have to go back and touch on the presolo stuff again, which I'm very familiar with. But I hope I don't have to log 40 more hours to get it.

Hey guys! I'm a new guy here. So I'm currently a student pilot who has spent a lot of time away from flying. Seven years to be precise. I've logged 27.8 hours according to my logbook and I have also soloed once. According the shirt tail hanging on my wall, my first and only solo was on...