Flight Club!
Jan. 21st, 2016 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tbutler
Sometimes, I regret not growing up in the era when things like this were popular; they sound like fun, even if they're also advertising tools.
tbutlerSometimes, I regret not growing up in the era when things like this were popular; they sound like fun, even if they're also advertising tools.
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Date: 2016-01-21 06:02 pm (UTC)I have a friend of greater means & intestinal fortitude who has taken up flying as a hobby. I am very glad for him, but I personally cannot navigate even in 2-space so I'm better off staying on the ground and letting the experts handle things. *g*
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Date: 2016-01-21 06:34 pm (UTC)Just to be clear about the context - this is part of an exhibit on a 1930's radio show called The Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen, and the Jimmy Allen Flying Club was one of the classic radio promotions - participation got you the kind of things shown in the exhibit - wings, photo books, etc. That's the era I was thinking of, more than flying. ^_-
I would love to learn to fly, but it's just not practical right now; in addition to the actual lessons, you need a certain number of flight hours to get your license, and more to keep it current. Plane rental is expensive, and ownership even more so; I figure I'd probably spend $6000+ to get a pilot's license, and I probably couldn't afford to use it more than a few times a year. :(
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Date: 2016-01-21 06:54 pm (UTC)I hear you on the impracticality-of-expensive-hobby thing. :]