Drove out to Tangipahoa Parish this afternoon for my first 1.1 hours logged of formal flight instruction at Hammond Northshore airport in Cessna 152 number N5107B (!).
My discovery a while ago: it's actually cheaper to split gas on a tiny 'lil Cessna 150 than to take Greyhound. I've been interested in hitching from small rural airports for a while, but my several on-a-lark attempts haven't netted much success. Let me know if you have any good tips as you learn about flying!
This article "Modern Living: Hitchhiking by Air (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877219,00.html)" got my hopes up, but then I noticed it was published in 1971!
I have found two websites for airplane ride-sharing but they don't seem to be particularly active/functional: http://www.pilotoutlook.com/local_flights http://www.pilotsharetheride.com/
I'm jealous too. Did you hear about the Cessna 150 that crashed in a Polish cemetery? So far, they've recovered 50 bodies, but they expect the toll to rise with further digging.
Funny, I don't remember the C150 or 152 as small. Maybe so with a big instructor though. :) Amazingly, 'back in the day', R2 and two of his kids at a time would be up in a C150 out of Hawthorne. To think someone thought it reasonable to put a jump seat in the back! Well, it was fine for a kid, especially with another kid as front passenger.
Good for you ...I guess this has been a long time itch, eh? I might add that I think the C-150/152 is a great airplane for its purpose -- a basic trainer. There are other planes that out-do it in other areas: vizibility, less rattly, more ooomph, speed, or stol. All fly on two principles: Bernoulli's and $$.
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Date: 2010-01-11 06:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-12 04:33 am (UTC)I have found two websites for airplane ride-sharing but they don't seem to be particularly active/functional:
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/local_flights
http://www.pilotsharetheride.com/
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Date: 2010-01-11 10:34 am (UTC)Cess 150
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Date: 2010-01-13 08:12 am (UTC)What an exciting day! I remember my first lesson so well...awesome!
Is there a 172 available? It's much more spacious. :)
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Date: 2010-01-16 06:18 pm (UTC)Good for you ...I guess this has been a long time itch, eh? I might add that I think the C-150/152 is a great airplane for its purpose -- a basic trainer. There are other planes that out-do it in other areas: vizibility, less rattly, more ooomph, speed, or stol. All fly on two principles: Bernoulli's and $$.