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!
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 $$.
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What an exciting day! I remember my first lesson so well...awesome!
Is there a 172 available? It's much more spacious. :)
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Good for you ...I guess this has been a long time itch, eh? I might add that I think the C-150/152 is a great airplane for its purpose -- a basic trainer. There are other planes that out-do it in other areas: vizibility, less rattly, more ooomph, speed, or stol. All fly on two principles: Bernoulli's and $$.