I like airplanes

[Hunker]

I grew up around airplanes and saw this site www.atcmonitor.com (http://www.atcmonitor.com) this is Hartsfield in Ga. where I live and it was a lot clearer on flat screen.

[marco25]

Matt, that is the coolest! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

We lived in Conyers for 7 years, which was near a vector point for final approach. My brother is a pilot, and he and I would sit out on my patio with binoculars watching the planes come in. It was beautiful.

Don't you miss those days when you could hang out at Hartsfield (or any other airport) all day, watching the planes take off and land? That's how the kids and I used to spend many summer days. (Yeah, I'm an airplane/airport freak myself http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif).

Have you ever used that flight tracking program? You enter the flight number and you can watch it progress? When my sister first flew to Norway on business, I used it. I'm ashamed to admit that I obsessed over that little airplane icon. I watched it go from Houston to Amsterdam ... but I finally had to go to sleep!

~ We are suffering from a catastrophic failure of imagination.. ~ Dr. Wise Young

[Hunker]

My Mom & Dad used to take a picnic to College Park and we would watch the airplanes land and take off - I am a Delta Brat http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Matt

[DA]

first thing i do post cure, getting my pilot vfr certificate. then ifr, then multi.

[jimnms]

I was just a couple of weeks away from taking my comercial pilot checkride when I broke my neck. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif I had also completed the flight instructor ground school, so it wouldn't have been long after that until I had my CFI ticket.

I miss flying soo bad. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif If I had the money I'd buy a plane and have hand controls put in it.

I found some information on getting medical wavers to fly again, and I've thought about going back to school and seeing if they'd let me finish my comercial and CFI. Someone makes portable hand controls for Piper and Cessna singles.

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[Hunker]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jimnms:

I was just a couple of weeks away from taking my comercial pilot checkride when I broke my neck. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/mad.gif I had also completed the flight instructor ground school, so it wouldn't have been long after that until I had my CFI ticket.

I miss flying soo bad. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif If I had the money I'd buy a plane and have hand controls put in it.

I found some information on getting medical wavers to fly again, and I've thought about going back to school and seeing if they'd let me finish my comercial and CFI. Someone makes portable hand controls for Piper and Cessna singles.

check this out
http://www.wheelchairaviators.org/info.html

I would like to do this I did it once before
http://www.freedomswings.org/

[jimnms]

Thanks, but I've already been to those sites.

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[Hunker]

Originally posted by jimnms:

Thanks, but I've already been to those sites.

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Do you know know other sites? http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[jimnms]

I'll have to dig around in my bookmarks to find them, but most of them are organizations run by disabled pilots that take disabled kids up for rides, or talk about how disabled people can learn to fly. I already have my license, I just want to get back to flying.

I forget where I got the information from, but from what I remember you first have to apply for a medical certificate. When you take the flight physical, they're going to deny you. You then have to fill out some paperwork for a medical waiver. Afterwards, there's some sort of flight test you have to do, like a checkride, and if I read it right, it's a one chance deal. Fail it and you can't retake it.

Right now I know I wouldn't qualify for the medical certificate. Physically I do, but one of the anti-spasm meds I take are are on the noway list.

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