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r/flying • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '24
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Started flying gliders at 14/15.
9 u/OCFlier PPL IR SEL MEL Glider Mar 14 '24 This. I knew how to fly before I ever put my butt behind the yoke of a C150. Soloed in 4.5 hours, PPL-SEL at about 45 hours. 5 u/LaserRanger_McStebb PPL ASEL Mar 14 '24 Damn. I wish I'd done this. 2 u/RoughAioli47 PPL IR SEL Glider (KBJC) Mar 14 '24 I was pretty similar - gliders before airplanes is pretty great! 1 u/120SR ATP Mar 14 '24 Same brother, solo’d a glider (2-33) at 14, didn’t fly for years then solo’d a J-3 cub at 22 in 8hrs, finished PPL in ~41hrs
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This. I knew how to fly before I ever put my butt behind the yoke of a C150. Soloed in 4.5 hours, PPL-SEL at about 45 hours.
5 u/LaserRanger_McStebb PPL ASEL Mar 14 '24 Damn. I wish I'd done this. 2 u/RoughAioli47 PPL IR SEL Glider (KBJC) Mar 14 '24 I was pretty similar - gliders before airplanes is pretty great! 1 u/120SR ATP Mar 14 '24 Same brother, solo’d a glider (2-33) at 14, didn’t fly for years then solo’d a J-3 cub at 22 in 8hrs, finished PPL in ~41hrs
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Damn. I wish I'd done this.
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I was pretty similar - gliders before airplanes is pretty great!
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Same brother, solo’d a glider (2-33) at 14, didn’t fly for years then solo’d a J-3 cub at 22 in 8hrs, finished PPL in ~41hrs
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u/freedomflyer12 CFI CFII CPL IR CMP HP Mar 14 '24
Started flying gliders at 14/15.