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In those pictures it was separate.
I like to just mix it all together.

 

Ah, ok. Makes more sense now.

 

but why would anyone want to waste there time in a fixed wing when rotorcraft is where it’s at?!?
I’m also a straight white guy and when I was going through my private pilot license I quickly realized there wasn’t much of anything besides high interest loans as well. Pretty much sucked. I didn’t wanna do the military either but tried my hand at the Coast Guard office after showing them my current private license and asked what the chance would be to become a pilot. The recruiter told me if I was lucky and everything went right I could see a PIC seat in about 11years! No thanks.

 

I did ground school three years ago because my company paid for it. Everyone with their private license loves to joke about the $100 hamburger lunch. Rent a plane, fly to a small airport and get a burger. Costs $100 because of the plane rental and fuel. Except, it is closer to $200 now. The class included a free flight but I declined. Partially because of Covid back then, but also because I knew it would be yet another expensive hobby.

Still fun to dream!

 

Rotors FTW! Just a different experience and feel.

The other thing that sunk it was that you start of basically owned by whoever you hire on with as a trainer. They know you need hours so they don't pay well, and your buried in debt. Just wasn't feasible for me then. I regret not diving in anyway, but I've always been cautious.

 

Yup.

I’ve kept it just as a hobby since I wouldn’t want a job flying but I still need to get back up in the air and take my friends around. No other experience like it.

 

If I were 10 years younger I might pursue it as a hobby, but I've moved to other interests. It'd just be salt in the wound for my missed dream job now.

 

I dunno. I think there is always time for a change if it’s still desired despite age…

 

Not into a field where time in equals value. It'd be a significant pay cut and take at least 5 years to get back to making what I am now. Possibly a decade.

 

You’re right I suppose. Well nix some truck mods and pay as you go to just get your private license flying 2-3 times a month? It’s still a lot of fun even if you never worked towards a job as a pilot.

 

I've thought about it before, but I don't think I want to. Like I said, salt in the wound and too many other interests.

 

OK, I'll bite, what was your dream job?

 

Helicopter pilot. If you mean more specifically, I would have loved to fly a life flight helicopter.

 

Your tire tread?

 

Funny you say that cause as a firefighter/EMT I deal with lifeflight on some calls and always wondered about going that career route. When I asked one of their pilots years ago they only used to take ex military guys with like 20,000 hours. Fast forward to today and they mentioned they just hired a young 27yr old female with barely 2,000 hours!

Wouldn’t mind flying for them.

 

Gotta meet those diversity quotas.

 

My new ride

Edit: Just kidding

 

That thing is sweet!

 

How big was the grin?

 

Only way I would consider something like that is if it was 4x4

 

That's awesome. Those are the things she'll remember forever.

 

My Taco is 4x4. That would be ok as a RWD donut machine.

 

They're only expensive if they think you're paying for everything. LOL