Do you fly?

[HisArpy]

The short conversation about the RC-3 Seabee in Thor's "To the Future" thread got me thinking.


I can fly. I don't at this time** for a specific reason. However, the question is; do you?


BTW, I don't mean commercial. I mean, you, at the controls, flying the airplane, yourself (with or without a CFI in the right seat).



Do you?





**This might be changing in the near future, I'm considering flying again as a sport pilot.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I'm pretty fly for a white guy.

 

[Rightguide]

The short conversation about the RC-3 Seabee in Thor's "To the Future" thread got me thinking.


I can fly. I don't at this time** for a specific reason. However, the question is; do you?


BTW, I don't mean commercial. I mean, you, at the controls, flying the airplane, yourself (with or without a CFI in the right seat).



Do you?





**This might be changing in the near future, I'm considering flying again as a sport pilot.

No, I don't. Is your wing broken?

 

[Biscuitts]

I wish but last time I tried to acquire a plane they told me they do not accept bits of string as payments.

 

[Fermina_Daza]

Ugh, no thanks. I’d rather read my book or take a nap.

 

[hobbit.]

I'm pretty fly for a white guy.

Im also pretty fly for a Rabbi.

 

[hobbit.]

I used to have this Russian Flight Sim for PC, in which you could cluster bomb villages and then eject and watch the carnage below. put me off flying when the auto return to base feature was deactivated in a software update though.

BUt is the OP recruiting for some kind of terrorist attack ? do you fly? have you learnt to land? if not contact....

 

[rockcasbah]

How much money will Lenny Kravitz sell Fly Away for and to which airline?

 

[jomar]

I actually have flown a plane. Cessna or something back in the day.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

No but I drove a train once. That was cool. Probably illegal as fuck and woulda got a couple fired as well but they let me so whatevs. Was fun tho.

 

[FL30]

yes, for over 30 years

 

[thør]

No, however I have been at the controls of a couple small planes, and once, a T-6 Texan for a couple hours. With just a voice commands from the guy in the back seat, I was able to do loops and rolls and have a fucking good time.

 

[Reelflyt]

Yes I fly.

Been flying hang gliders since 1977, and ultralight aircraft since
1981 . Had to quit the hang gliding 10 years ago because I'm getting over the hill . I miss the hang gliding . There is nothing like hanging out at cloud base for a couple of hours to get the old blood flowing .

 

[KeithD]

Not any more.

 

[FGB]

Not since some Orange Sunshine back in the Seventies...

 

[HisArpy]

No, I don't. Is your wing broken?

People constantly confuse me with an angel. I don't know why but when it happens "the big guy" lets them know that he doesn't appreciate that kind of behavior in the office.

It works until the sulfur smell dissipates Then some smart ass will start thinking that their eternity contract doesn't actually say what it actually says.

 

[HisArpy]

FL30 - bus driver, CFI, or just a pastime?


For me, I've always wanted to fly but never really had a chance when younger. Now that I'm older my physical condition is limiting.

I'd love to fly a warbird. Most aviators want to fly the fast ones like the P51 Mustang, the Spitfire, or the F4U Corsair but for me even one of the old biplanes like the de Haviland Gypsy Moth would work for that bucket list item.

 

[brdplt]

For a living

 

[MileHighBound]

Yes, I fly. I live on a residential airpark and own two airplanes. I’ve been flying most of my life. I grew up flying with my dad. In fact, one of my planes was my dad’s. He bought it when I was 2 years old.

 

[oggbashan]

Not for decades but I took the controls of many old military aircraft for a few minutes as an Air Scout. Flying a Wellington, Lancaster and Douglas DC3 was exciting even if the real pilot had his hands hovering over the controls. I was catapulted off an aircraft carrier and landed on it again in a Force Eight. That was scary.

I haven't flown commercially since 1955 in a BEA VIscount, and before that in an unpressurised Viking that had to fly around the Pyrennes. Both planes had silver service at tables - a proper way to travel.

In the 1960s I flew in Fleet Air Arm planes and helicopters even after the pilots had been sinking multiple pink gins in the wardroom. Those were the days.

 

[hobbit.]

No, however I have been at the controls of a couple small planes, and once, a T-6 Texan for a couple hours. With just a voice commands from the guy in the back seat, I was able to do loops and rolls and have a fucking good time.

Voice commands? '' infidel - fly towards the tall buildings''

 

[nfsunbum]

Some time ago, yes. General, low and slow. single engine land, fixed gear. Licensed in 1986, recreationally around Northern California. It was a passion since I was a small boy and I considered pursuing it as a career, but as they do sometimes, priorities change. You have to fly to stay proficient and current, rental costs etc., and all that gets expensive. As do kids. lol

 

[SmokeInMyEyes]

Going to check out a Ford Tri-Motor next month in a "speakeasy" event at the Yankee Air Museum. Personally I can't imagine flying ever got any better than taking a PanAm Clipper flying boat to Manila (a relative - a navy aviator traveling in mufti - took that flight about a year before WW2 began, stopping at Pearl on the way back to report his "findings")! I've always loved airplanes, but modern commercial aviation turned the glamour of flying into a commodity I'd rather not be part of. If I can't drive there, I'd rather stay on my farm.

 

[oggbashan]

Going to check out a Ford Tri-Motor next month in a "speakeasy" event at the Yankee Air Museum. Personally I can't imagine flying ever got any better than taking a PanAm Clipper flying boat to Manila (a relative - a navy aviator traveling in mufti - took that flight about a year before WW2 began, stopping at Pearl on the way back to report his "findings")! I've always loved airplanes, but modern commercial aviation turned the glamour of flying into a commodity I'd rather not be part of. If I can't drive there, I'd rather stay on my farm.

My father flew First Class (no business class then) to Australia in 1960. He had to stop several times en route in five-star hotels and on board he was served with cuisine bleu meals with proper cutlery and fine wines.

Later I went to Australia first-class by liner. My father's flight cost 20% more than my voyage that was a month-long...

 

[thør]

Voice commands? '' infidel - fly towards the tall buildings''

The one I remember most was:

"Pull up, we don't want to get dirty."

And that was just after my first loop.