Scudrunners

Colonel wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:37 pm Did I mention I have three dogs now?

Only three? You gotta pump up those numbers!

My dog count hit eight a couple months ago…

Well I guess I’m never going to fly a billionaires chipmunk. If I flew 1000 hours on anything the billionaire is redundant.

I thought polygamy might be fun until I got the starter wife. Even if one of her friends was just hanging out for the day, they would quickly form a pack. At least with canines they don’t start telling you where you’re going to drive the car.

My dog count hit eight a couple months ago…

I knew I recognized you!



You live on a farm in Bakersfield and you fix up old cars with Frieburger on the weekend, right?

I love all your dogs ....



They always look so happy.

If I flew 1000 hours on anything the billionaire is redundant.

Not sure I understand that. If you really like airplanes, you probably will have
1000 hours by the time you're 25. There are lots of years to fly after that?

This isn't just aviation. Look at any good musician or motorcycle racer - they
probably started very young. IMHO if you're going to be a good pilot, you should
be flying seriously by the time you are 10. Solo on a taildragger on 14 (in Canada).

See the NTSB study. Or watch Sammy Mason

Colonel wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:04 pm

If I flew 1000 hours on anything the billionaire is redundant.

Not sure I understand that. If you really like airplanes, you probably will have
1000 hours by the time you're 25. There are lots of years to fly after that?

This isn't just aviation. Look at any good musician or motorcycle racer - they
probably started very young. IMHO if you're going to be a good pilot, you should
be flying seriously by the time you are 10. Solo on a taildragger on 14 (in Canada).

It doesn’t seem complicated.

Let’s use an analogy. If I just ate pizza, then a billionaire ordered another pizza to be delivered. I don’t need to eat because I have already did it.

At that point I might still have a slice but I definitely don’t need it as much as if I was over 25 and had not spent hundreds of hours eating pizzas.

I think we are miscommunicating ....

1,000 hours is just a start - your asymptotic curve of knowledge and skill is no longer
vertical, it's starting to level off.

At 5,000 hours, you've probably shown us what you've got.

At 10,000 hours, you're probably not going to get a whole lot better.

At 20,000 hours, you've got two doctors, and you know the end of your flying career is in sight.

But between 1,000 and 10,000 hours, you've got a whole lot of fun flying to do! And that's where
billionaires with airplanes come in.



Also, spend some time spinning wrenches. If you forearms and hands aren't sliced up, and you
don't have black grime in your cuticles, you're not doing it right.

Ok, so how do expect TwinOtterFan and I to get 1000 hours by the time we are 25?

Buy an old airplane, fly and fix it, then sell it.

How is this for a cheap time builder? Just listed 20 minutes ago.

I would go with Budd Davisson's advice on used homebuilts. I like him,
and I think he's probably forgiven me by now.

You should get one of these:



Only flown by a little old lady on Sundays.