So why would an avid kayaker who works on airplanes every day for a living, go and get current, and start flying again? A couple reasons really. I get much the same feeling alone in a small plane flying over the country side seeing the view from above, as I do paddling a kayak in places like Lake Superior. I dug out my log book and found my last entry was in 2003, and was an instructional flight with Jim Robillard. A close friend who was killed in a plane crash not long after that flight. One of the reasons I quit flying was because of that loss. Maybe enough time has passed and I can pick up some of the pieces and take to the skies again. Another reason is I've always felt it important that I would fly the same planes I work on ... a matter of trust to the people who trust me to sign off the work I do on their planes. I have planes to fly, and friends who are instructors who can get me current again. Besides, I need something to do between kayaking and skiing.
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I am happy for you, I just don't know how you do an airplane re entry.
Count me in for gas and some seat time. Aerial photos of Reefer Creek could be in the works......
I agree - being in a small plane is a lot like kayaking a large lake. I think you'll be very happy with your decision to start flying. I'd be happy to join you sometime (the last entry in my log book was in 1998)!
Hey guys ... Should be fun. I'm looking forward to getting back in the sky. The Super Cub on skis should be a perfect platform for some northern Wisconsin explorations.
Re entry?!? I know some folks who would jump out of a perfectly good airplane .. I'm NOT one of them.
Hey aras ... I'll trade you some flight time for some sailboat time.
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