Flying is the dream i will never be able to afford.
I dream of the day i can take to the sky and be behind the controls of a plane.
Living in a dream world though.... :(
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Flying is the dream i will never be able to afford.
I dream of the day i can take to the sky and be behind the controls of a plane.
Living in a dream world though.... :(
Interestingly enough, one of the main reasons I am doing my Where Eagles Fly project is to hopefully inspire younger people to get into flying. Probably the biggest reason it is so expensive to learn now is because so few people do it, so the market adjusts accordingly. And there is a serious shortage of pilots now all over the place. So if more people begin to get into then the prices will fall! I was extremely lucky to come along in the decades after WWII in which there was a huge number of pilots from the war(s) and therefore a lot of people flew.
One sad thing is that nowadays, when I fly and monitor the air-to-air frequency that pilots use to communicate to each other across great distances just to say hi, are for the most part - silent. It used to be full of people talking and having a blast...now I will go for days without hearing anyone. Lets change that people!!
The price of flying makes it some what unrealistic of a goal but it will always be my goal!
The skys are having less and less people due to price, i had family myself who flew in the U.K and it just became a wealthier persons game. (I aim to be rather wealthy myself though, starting out is the hardest part)
I am a huge fan of the history of WWII i also have a favorite plane from that era, the mosquito! I am from the U.K myself though.
very cool! my favorite is either the P40 or P47 or Hawker Hurricane or FW190 or Corsair or P38 or aaahh rats!! they're all amazing aircraft. I have a friend that I am trying to get to post on here who is a electronics specialist (John :) that restores radios for classic war birds. The aircraft he is working on are amazing!
The FAA, AOPA and other organizations are working on various programs to bring access to flight for students and young adults. I have friend I am hoping will be interested in the response this post is receiving from you steemers. (Rich that was for you!) I think this community has a lot of folks who would be interested if they had access.