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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Serenity on October 05, 2008, 06:43:32 AM
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Today, one month and ten days after my 16th birthday, I passed my practical exam and earned my private pilot's license in a glider! And since someone crashed my plane and im too broke to rent another one unless im going to make VERY good use of it, Im going to spend what I have left next weekend to jump in a Cessna and start earning hours for my powered now that Im old enough. Sadly, until my motorglider gets replaced, I won't be flying much :(
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Congratulations on the license. :aok I think i'd be pretty mad if someone crashed my plane. Make him pay for the rental till yours is fixed. ;)
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Congratulations on the license. :aok I think i'd be pretty mad if someone crashed my plane. Make him pay for the rental till yours is fixed. ;)
I suspect when he said someone crashed his plane, he was referring to the glider he rented.
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Congrats Serenity! :aok
Fair winds and strong thermals.
Cheers,
asw
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Congrats :aok
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WTG Serenity <<S>>
Others will drive & you will fly... how good it is :)
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Today, one month and ten days after my 16th birthday, I passed my practical exam and earned my private pilot's license in a glider! And since someone crashed my plane and im too broke to rent another one unless im going to make VERY good use of it, Im going to spend what I have left next weekend to jump in a Cessna and start earning hours for my powered now that Im old enough. Sadly, until my motorglider gets replaced, I won't be flying much :(
Woohoo! Go Reynolds!
Very happy for you :)
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Nice! I'm going the other way... I expect to have my PPL by the spring. After that, gliders. :)
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I suspect when he said someone crashed his plane, he was referring to the glider he rented.
Nope. My "birthday present" last year was a motor-glider, a Samba XXL. Technically, despite the engine and its performance it was still rated as a glider, so I could legally fly it with the glider ticket. We rent it out to make a little money on the side, and one of the guys who was renting it landed pretty hard on the nose-wheel and broke it. There was a prop-strike, it skidded off the runway into the grass, and the back of the wheel-cowling-thingy punctured the bottom of the fuselage when the wheel broke. Heres what she looked like pre-crash:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/FCPs/000_0255.jpg)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/FCPs/000_0259.jpg)
Unfortunately, I hadn't flown a true glider since we bought that, so I was a bit nervous. I hadn't flown a plane without an engine in over a year except for the the three quick patterns as preperation for the exam :(
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I suspect when he said someone crashed his plane, he was referring to the glider he rented.
The " and since someone crashed my plane" part clued me in to it wasn't a rental. You must have missed that?
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Dude, you can never complain about your parents again, ever. :rolleyes:
Congratulations. :aok
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Nope. My "birthday present" last year was a motor-glider, a Samba XXL. Technically, despite the engine and its performance it was still rated as a glider, so I could legally fly it with the glider ticket. We rent it out to make a little money on the side, and one of the guys who was renting it landed pretty hard on the nose-wheel and broke it. There was a prop-strike, it skidded off the runway into the grass, and the back of the wheel-cowling-thingy punctured the bottom of the fuselage when the wheel broke. Heres what she looked like pre-crash:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/FCPs/000_0255.jpg)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/FCPs/000_0259.jpg)
Unfortunately, I hadn't flown a true glider since we bought that, so I was a bit nervous. I hadn't flown a plane without an engine in over a year except for the the three quick patterns as preperation for the exam :(
Well then that really sucks. Just about everyone I have known to rent out or lease back an aircraft has suffered some damage one way or the other.
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Congrats Serenity, I'm still waiting for the big 1-7 so I can get my licenses :)
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this aircraft has interchangeable wingtips?
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Congrats, avoid the ground.
You wont get a second chance.
:salute
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Wheel cowling thingy is a very advanced and highly technical aviation term. Wheel pants are more appropriate for the layman.
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Dude, you can never complain about your parents again, ever. :rolleyes:
Congratulations. :aok
Yeah, that was my dad's doing. As much as he can REALLY piss me off, he has always been really supportive of anything I've wanted to do.
this aircraft has interchangeable wingtips?
Yes, the short-span tips are to increase speed, the long span increases range and glide ratio. The difference however is so small as to be un-noticable. I prefer short span though, as it is a bit more stable in high-winds.
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Today, one month and ten days after my 16th birthday, I passed my practical exam and earned my private pilot's license in a glider! And since someone crashed my plane and im too broke to rent another one unless im going to make VERY good use of it, Im going to spend what I have left next weekend to jump in a Cessna and start earning hours for my powered now that Im old enough. Sadly, until my motorglider gets replaced, I won't be flying much :(
Thats all good and well, What do you have to offer the freedom resistance?
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Thats all good and well, What do you have to offer the freedom resistance?
:huh Im guessing this is some cultural reference that went way over my head...
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So are the scumbags who damaged your plane are being stunninghunks about coughing up for the repairs?
That sucks but it's one of those things. Some folk really have no concept of care when it's not their own property.
Do you have any pics post crash? It would be interesting to see the sort of damage that was caused. That's one of the things you won't have to worry about once you get an endorsement to get rid of that training wheel in the front. :aok.
Oh and :salute congrats on getting your ticket!
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So are the scumbags who damaged your plane are being overthunks about coughing up for the repairs?
That sucks but it's one of those things. Some folk really have no concept of care when it's not their own property.
Do you have any pics post crash? It would be interesting to see the sort of damage that was caused. That's one of the things you won't have to worry about once you get an endorsement to get rid of that training wheel in the front. :aok.
Oh and :salute congrats on getting your ticket!
Actually, to be honest, Im not even sure who the guy is. I am staying out of it as I dont have the experience with insurance companies my father has. As far as post-crash pics, I have a few, but I keep forgetting the adapter I need to take them off my phone. I only went to the aircraft once since the crash, and that was on the day it happened. I got a few images on my cell phone but nothing of any good quality. Its been cleaned up since then (The parts that tore off have been collected and stored, the dirt has been rinsed off, etc.) so any pics I get wont be all that "impressive". Im going to the field on wedensday though, Ill grab a couple pictures then.
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Today, one month and ten days after my 16th birthday, I passed my practical exam and earned my private pilot's license in a glider! And since someone crashed my plane and im too broke to rent another one unless im going to make VERY good use of it, Im going to spend what I have left next weekend to jump in a Cessna and start earning hours for my powered now that Im old enough. Sadly, until my motorglider gets replaced, I won't be flying much :(
:aok congrades bro. if you are in Tulsa, Ok. My brother is a flight instructore at Sparten Flight school.