Hello everyone

I am about to get started on something I've been wanting to do all my life... Get my pilot's license. I hope this blog will inspire others to do the same, or at least be interesting to people interested in flying.

My path to flying actually started 25 years ago when I was 15 (yup - I'm an old fart now). My uncle paid to have me take a couple of flying lessons, and said he would pay for more for each A I got on my report card. Well I wasn't an A student, and if you're going to learn to fly you have to do it regularly. But he definitely planted the flying bug firmly within me. I used money from a grocery job to pay for flying lessons after school (unknown to my parents). I was short on money though and had to stop. A few years later when I was in college, I took it up again. I achieved my solo license, but again had to stop because of lack of funds. I decided to wait until I had a good paying job and was able to get through the whole thing without having to stop for funds.

Well here I am 25 years later, and finally ready to get my pilot's license. I found a highly qualified instructor, who teaches for a decent rate. Then I registered with a local flying club so that I could rent planes. Their lower rate training planes are a Cessna 150 and a Cessna 172. I was hoping I could train in the 150 (cheaper), so I could train more often. But was told I'd have to find a thinner instructor since both of us could stand to lose some weight. So the C172 it is...

Then I find out he just happens to be going on vacation for 2 weeks... Doh! I can't wait to get started!!!