I have a pilots license but I quit flying because of the cost. I have owned four different planes at various times. The cost of ownership is high. Their are yearly inspections and other maintenance costs(tires, instrument repair tie down or hanger rent,) Gasoline and insurance are high. Then there is the part of practicability. Dont fool yourself into thinking about family trips unless you have unlimited time to wait out weather ,paying motel and car rental and tie down fees . Then there is the other factor of expertise. It is my humble opinion that to remain proficient you must accumulate 60 hours a year Three TO's and landings are not enough to remain proficient as some believe. The final factor is weather. I have lost two friends who thought they were better that others by flying into storms. Both were picked up in baskets in fields. Small aircraft are not designed for the stress loads a storm can produce. Even Scott Crossfield the famoued test pilot of latter days died in a small plane in Northern Georgia as he flew though a storm and was torn to pieces. Reminds me of and old saying"the only weather you can control is the weather you take off in. F;lying is fun as gives a great satifaction but is nnot for everyone. Take a few hours of instruction (roughly around $135 and our around here ad see. And always remember, there is nothing more useless than airspace above you and runway behind you.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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