When was the last time you flew a small airplane?

[Hpilot]

Fun

"Whhhooooo Ahhhhhhhhh Eahhhhhhhhhh.....BONK....Crap, take that earth " Went up about 8 mo. ago while I was still flying turboprops. Wasn't to bad after I remembered that you don't land with power in a 172. Had fun.

 

[DrewBlows]

1968...

Holy crap! That was 11 years before I was born. RFK and MLK were still alive!

 

[DrewBlows]

not to hijack this thread or anything, but i just wanted to comment that i have seen at least 3 people with quotes from Training as their signature. that guy's flame baiters party the other day was unreal. i hope to god that he was just messing around.

i just thought that i'd throw that in there. we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Training is a tool.

 

[Kaman]

Is a Beech 1900 a "small plane"? Last time for me in a single-piston was doing an IPC in a C-210T about a month ago.

 

[bafanguy]

Holy crap! That was 11 years before I was born. RFK and MLK were still alive!

Drew,


OK...now that's just rubbin' it in !!!

 

[DrewBlows]

Not my intention. That's just an amazing fact.

 

[atrdriver]

August 1998. I think about renting a 172 all the time, then I think of all the ways a single piston can kill me and I reconsider.

 

[WOXOF All Day]

Cj-1998
172-1985

 

[Capt. Caucasian]

August 1998. I think about renting a 172 all the time, then I think of all the ways a single piston can kill me and I reconsider.

I feel the exact same way. BTW, summer 2000 for me at FFC.

 

[91100 100 set]

BTW that 152 I rented on Thur was up to $66/hr hobbs, OUCH.

Ouch is right. If I remember correctly, the 152's at the flight school where I did my private were $40/hr, a mere 12 years ago. When we were setting up my training, my father commented that the Tri-pacer that he flew for his private certificate (mid 60's) was something like $12 or 15/hr. For 60 or 70 you could "upgrade" to the luxurious 172 with LORAN and, GET THIS, a 2-axis autopilot! I wonder what such high-tech equipment runs for now.