Agreed.
Cool story! I lived in Ft. Morgan, so your XC was basically in my front and back yard. Our buddy with the 210 and 421 was based out of Kimball, NE. Whenever we were out of town on a job (usually in western CO, western WY, eastern UT, eastern MT, western ND, or northern NM) he'd usually offer to fly down, up, or over and pick us up so we could all be home on the weekends. Naturally since I was the aspiring pilot of our crew, I'd always sit left or right seat and would take instruction from him. I also "legally" started taking instruction from a CFI in Brush, CO whenever I had the time off to do so, which was very little. I officially had 4 hours of logged time with him and 2 hours logged aerobatic time from a CFI out of Sidney, NE. That was all back in the late 70's early 80's during the heyday of the oil field when I had the money but not the time to burn.
Here's my solo xcountry. Now granted it wasn't quite 1500 nauticals...my CFI was like 'go for it!'
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I've already consulted with an aviation attorney and my accountant on using a plane for my business. I'm good to go with a PPL on either renting or owning and taking the write offs. No need for a commercial.You should probably also pretend to get your commercial rating for that one, unless you can prove that flying was only incidental to the delivery.
You did spins in a 182? Really?Cool story! I lived in Ft. Morgan, so your XC was basically in my front and back yard. Our buddy with the 210 and 421 was based out of Kimball, NE. Whenever we were out of town on a job (usually in western CO, western WY, eastern UT, eastern MT, western ND, or northern NM) he'd usually offer to fly down, up, or over and pick us up so we could all be home on the weekends. Naturally since I was the aspiring pilot of our crew, I'd always sit left or right seat and would take instruction from him. I also "legally" started taking instruction from a CFI in Brush, CO whenever I had the time off to do so, which was very little. I officially had 4 hours of logged time with him and 2 hours logged aerobatic time from a CFI out of Sidney, NE. That was all back in the late 70's early 80's during the heyday of the oil field when I had the money but not the time to burn.
The CFI in Brush was a crop duster by trade and had a nice 182 that I took instruction in. I remember taking my lessons in the winter, pulling the plane out from the hanger, doing my pre-flight, warming it up, and then taxing over to pick him up from the nice warm FBO shack to begin our lessons. He'd hop in, then light up a cigarette and proceed to tell what he wanted me to do. I'd take off and we'd head out over the plains, get some altitude and I'd do my coordinated turns, stalls, spins, etc. then head back and do some pattern work. That was about it. He wasn't much for talking nor really instructing for that matter. He handed me a couple books to read to prep me for the written but I never had the time to read them. The CFI in Sidney was also a crop duster by trade. He had a nice Citabria which I took a couple hours of aerobatic training in at the suggestion of my friend in Kimball. I wanted to do that type of training not only because it was fun, but so I could get a feel for unusual attitudes. An hour in that thing was almost more than I could handle. I'd be light headed for a day or two after each flight. It was a good euphoric type feeling. Almost like I was walking on air.
In 1986 s**t hit the fan in the oil patch. Since nobody was drilling and the majors were drastically cutting their budgets, our jobs (pipe inspection and cathodic protection services) started getting further and farther between. I didn't think it was fair for my boss to keep me on the payroll and me not doing any actual work, so I told him I was going to take a long vacation and head down to Phoenix, AZ for the winter and golf. I loaded up my golf clubs and a few clothes and headed down for a well deserved vacation. I've been here ever since. I guess I just got tired of living out of a suitcase all the time. Sure the flying back and forth with our buddy was cool and I always looked forward to the weekends, but my heart was just no longer in the oil patch.
It wasn't long before I started a moving company, sold it, and then started a motorcycle courier company, sold it and then started an advertising agency which I still own to this very day. Flying was always in the back of my mind, I subscribed to all of the flying magazines just to keep abreast of all the new planes and cool gadgets that were coming out. Many of the friends I've made over the years have airplanes and I will occasionally go up with them for the so-called $100 hamburger run, but it just isn't that exciting to me anymore. I guess I'm the type that needs a purpose and mission (so to speak) of where I want to fly and why I want to fly, which now brings me to this point in my life. With my new start-up business, I will now have that purpose and a mission.
I'd have no problem taking an entire day with my CFI (if he/she would be up for it) and doing a pre-run. Ideally since I'll be taking my instrument with the same CFI, we could knock out some good training along the way.
That one I've got issues with...that's a CFI who doesnt allow students to go much beyond a rote level on their own, rather than higher levels of learning.
Geez, you guys are brutal. Yes, I'm very well aware of some of the turbulence you can encounter here in AZ. CO can be just as bad (if not worse) especially when flying over the Rockies on a hot summer day with cells building up around you. BTDT several times. And you're right, it's not fun.
I'm sure it spins and recovers. The Cirrus will recover as well. Both are illegal to intentionally spin and not a good idea to do and even a dumber idea to brag about it on this forum. The FAA is here, you know. It's right up there with putting up youtube videos of you actually doing it.
I'm sure the FAA can take that up with the CFI if they care to dig him up. I was his student and thought that was just a normal part of my training, which obviously it must have been or else he probably wouldn't have showed me how to do them. At the time I didn't know any better. A few weeks later I did take some aerobatic training just so I could get the feel of spatial disorientation. Since then any aerobatics I've done have been in a glider (with a CFI of course) either here or up in Durango. Glider flying is awesome! I wouldn't mind getting rated for that also.
Wow, an internet company even before eBay was eBay. You are a god, training is a complete waste of time for someone of your abilities.
Yea, I started my internet company before Google, Amazon, and E-bay were even a blip on the radar. In fact, I remember when Amazon was just some dude working out of his house selling books online. Google was some foreign kid sending out e-mails to whomever he could find begging them to use his search engine. I remember when GoDaddy was some dude selling web sites and hosting services which is basically the same business I was in. He didn't hit it big until he started registering domain names for a dollar above his cost. He went the volume (with little profit) route and is now the number seller of domain names in the world. He sold the company for several billion and now is into real estate, charities, and motorcycle dealerships here in AZ.
Hmmm. I'm thinking there was someone too. Who was that...it's not Tony you're thinking of is it?
LOL, child of the magenta line, 700 out 700 back! ;-)Did you ever make the return trip, or still stuck 700+ miles from home
I'm way too old to start pushing my limits again. I've done that with cars, bikes, horses, and various other gamuts in my young and dumb days and thankfully am still alive. My approach to flying will be slow, methodical, and precise. If I don't feel like I'm on my game, then I won't fly. I don't have too! I've DNF'ed several races just because I wasn't on my game and to continue on could have been detrimental to my body.
Some of us are very familiar with the Internet long before there was AOL or the web. It's been around in one form or another since the '70s but not for public use.
There's also the health issue. Many hours in an airplane at higher altitudes, or any altitude, dry air, lower O2 content, etc. It's what keeps me from more than 5 hrs a day in the air by myself.
Obviously, but come on. You don't actually believe the braggadocio on this thread do you?
Well, it's more amusing than the evening news.
To hijack the thread to something useful, what do you, as an instructor, do about that? Obviously, you're instrument rated, but you may not be current. Or maybe the IMC is icy or below minimums. Do you get a clearance and fly him home? Let him work out a solution? Make him divert and wait it out? Or some combination -- say let him get you on the ground somewhere, then fly him home IFR?
...or maybe the primary trainer isn't legal IFR...
True... I've had to cancel an instrument lesson because the damn clock broke. 91.205 and all that.
