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my dads is a pilot I fly with him all the time. i definitley want to get mine as well. I just need the time and the money!! :(
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iheartspacecamp wrote:my dads is a pilot I fly with him all the time. i definitley want to get mine as well. I just need the time and the money!! :(
I also want to get my pilot's license but the money is the big issue.
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Wait... you're telling me they used to have an option where actual campers could get in actual planes and actually take the controls? Was there a trained professional in the second seat ready to take over to avoid disasters?
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Post by des »

Hah! Well yes there was a pilot. Can you image the crazy ACers in a sky near you without a licensed pilot??

This lasted, I think, two years. I don't know why the cancelled it. I think it was actually much more expensive than my little discover flight type thing that I did with a private flight school.
Save your pennies this is a neat thing to do. I think I will be saving my pennies to go ballooning. I think that might just be more expensive than the flight lesson. It's quite the thing in Albuquerque--esp during the Albuquerque International Balloon fiesta. I crewed in this a few years ago. That was great fun, driving around looking up and not forward!


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CastAway wrote:Wait... you're telling me they used to have an option where actual campers could get in actual planes and actually take the controls? Was there a trained professional in the second seat ready to take over to avoid disasters?
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I think they were stopped for insurance reasons.
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Sandrat wrote:That was a reward for counselor of the week for Intermediate / Mach III Counselors as well as others in the program. I know Spanky flew a couple of times, Joker as well.
Not quite. I seem to recall one counselor in particular who was 1 shot shy of having and ACE (under European rules... 5) and still hadn't gone. Just some how amazingly went to the M3 babysitter that went a long to the airport.
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gordo wrote:
Sandrat wrote:That was a reward for counselor of the week for Intermediate / Mach III Counselors as well as others in the program. I know Spanky flew a couple of times, Joker as well.
Not quite. I seem to recall one counselor in particular who was 1 shot shy of having and ACE (under European rules... 5) and still hadn't gone. Just some how amazingly went to the M3 babysitter that went a long to the airport.
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gordo wrote:
Sandrat wrote:That was a reward for counselor of the week for Intermediate / Mach III Counselors as well as others in the program. I know Spanky flew a couple of times, Joker as well.
Not quite. I seem to recall one counselor in particular who was 1 shot shy of having and ACE (under European rules... 5) and still hadn't gone. Just some how amazingly went to the M3 babysitter that went a long to the airport.
Intent sometimes differs from the actual delivery. Perhaps I should have said the program "should have remained a reward" but I digress. There were many other hands in that particular mix at the time, Gordo.
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