Author Topic: Today In Aviation History! (Read 466 times)

Warspawn · « **on:** June 19, 2006, 08:18:38 PM »

I Solo'd! Very very happy day for me, and one I hope others get to experience. Flying truly is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!!

I can't encourage you enough to give it a shot if you've ever thought about it!

Here's me right after the flight in the Diamond DA-20 that I did my first solo flights in (3 of them this afternoon!):

And for my country-mates and squaddies who get to hear him talk over voice with me, my copilot, Tristan!! He's my lil' boy; a 1-yr old African Grey we've had in the family about 8 months now...

He loves flying...gets all kinds of excited when there's stuff going on. Everyone's always asking "What the HECK was THAT!?" when I get shot and he screams "OH MY GAAAWWWD!!" . Too much fun!

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 19, 2006, 08:39:09 PM »

Excellent, keep it up, the hard part is now coming up. Don't be like many students that just "want to fly", and give up on the second part of their private pilot licence (Navigation, regulation, airplane systems).

Warspawn · « **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2006, 09:15:44 PM »

Actually, I plan on going all the way thru to my CFI!

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 19, 2006, 09:41:34 PM »

Great! CFI is a good way to make you a safer pilot. I don't want to seem to bring you down, but you are not planing a career change are you?

Warspawn · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:06:08 PM »

Nope....

I'm a disabled vet, and the Government wanted me to chose a new vocation after I was discharged; they're payin' for it. Vocational Rehabilation and Education program. I'm retired; figure I'll do it for fun since it'll keep me active and involved in the aviation community that I'm really comming to enjoy. Everything else that I've trained to do involves alot of running and shooting, and after catching an RPG my back and legs aren't what they used to be

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I've also joined the Civil Air Patrol here in the Pacific Northwest, and will be doing SAR and fire patrols.

Cougar68 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:08:47 PM »

Congrats on your solo! My first solo was in a DA-20 as well, great bird to fly.

RTR · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:14:48 PM »

Congrats Warspawn!

Now....Fly Safe! (and have fun too!)

cheers,
RTR

Mr Big · « **Reply #7 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:18:00 PM »

you have skinny, white legs...like me

WTFG!

Nice bird too!

Debonair · « **Reply #8 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:21:04 PM »

it seems your legs are good enough to apply the amount of right rudder you CFI has been yelling about

WTG, where do do your X/C solos to if based in Bend?

Warspawn · « **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:26:22 PM »

I'm not sure where we'll be doing our X-C's at; I believe the last one was up to The Dalles, where Google's building that huge internet complex at. It's up by the Columbia River Gorge, on the Washington border...

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:35:29 PM »

Sounds good to me, I hope you will enjoy it. Any questions/concerns/tips regarding your training feel free to PM me, I'll be glad to help.

Sandman · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:38:58 PM »

Dante Hicks flies airplanes?

WTFG!

Maverick · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2006, 11:35:29 PM »

Your computer room is way too neat. Where did you get that hairy thing you're standing on? Can you put it back?

Congrats on the solo. Feels great doesn't it. That will be a day that will stay with you forever.

Chairboy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2006, 12:20:42 AM »

Congrats! For your long distance XC, you should hit some place interesting, like McMinville. Drop by Creswell also to make the triangle complete.

Yeager · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2006, 01:03:39 AM »

Thats a beautiful African Grey. Used to have one but let him go to a family that had the time I didnt have to give. Great birds! really wonderful....messy too!