[Flightgear-devel] My first solo cross-country; Was: My first solo ....

2005-05-20 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: Well, it really took a very long time for getting there ! The second half of 2004 I didn't make a single flight due to timely and/or monetary restrictions. Afterwards I had to bear almost four months of delay because we never managed to match free time and good weather

[Flightgear-devel] My first solo ....

2005-03-30 Thread Martin Spott
Well, it really took a very long time for getting there ! The second half of 2004 I didn't make a single flight due to timely and/or monetary restrictions. Afterwards I had to bear almost four months of delay because we never managed to match free time and good weather for the first solo. We have

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My first solo ....

2005-03-30 Thread Jon Stockill
Martin Spott wrote: There's nothing better than flying, I couldn't agree more. Congratulations. -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org

RE: [Flightgear-devel] My first solo ....

2005-03-30 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jon Stockill wrote Martin Spott wrote: There's nothing better than flying, I couldn't agree more. Congratulations. Well nearly: it's the most fun you can have sitting down, although driving a track car comes a close second. Well done, Regards Vivian

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My first solo ....

2005-03-30 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
Congratulations! Make sure to tell us about your coming cross-country solo... ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My first solo ....

2005-03-30 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: There's nothing better than flying, Oh yeah !! ;-) Thank you for participating in my joy over this event and for all your congratulations on this list and via private EMail. I know, the first solo is only a small step ony your way to a private pilot, the first solo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-14 Thread Marcio Shimoda
embarassing Uggh...I give up :-) Just use the spanish version of the word which is much easier to spell, that would be what, probably embarasada, right? No, embarasada means pregnant... You probably want to say embarazoso. []'s Marcio Shimoda

[Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
After my intro flight in a Cessna 150 on 5 April, I thought that I might never want to take the controls of a plane again: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/lists/fgfs/archive-200204/msg00420.html Thanks to everyone who encouraged me, both online and offline, I stuck with it (but switched to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Jim Wilson
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: After my intro flight in a Cessna 150 on 5 April, I thought that I might never want to take the controls of a plane again: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/lists/fgfs/archive-200204/msg00420.html Thanks to everyone who encouraged me, both online

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Tony Peden
--- David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After my intro flight in a Cessna 150 on 5 April, I thought that I might never want to take the controls of a plane again: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/lists/fgfs/archive-200204/msg00420.html Thanks to everyone who encouraged me, both

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Congradulations! Yikes! (how embarassing) CongraTulations, David. Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Erik Hofman
David Megginson wrote: After my intro flight in a Cessna 150 on 5 April, I thought that I might never want to take the controls of a plane again: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt/lists/fgfs/archive-200204/msg00420.html Thanks to everyone who encouraged me, both online and offline, I stuck

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: embarassing Uggh...I give up :-) ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread David Megginson
Erik Hofman writes: And, did you enjoy it? Yes, very much. After I was cleared for takeoff, I backtracked to the end of 04, turned the plane around, lined up with the centreline, then stopped the plane completely. I took a breath for two seconds, then pushed in the throttle and the rest was

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jim Wilson writes: Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: embarassing Uggh...I give up :-) Just use the spanish version of the word which is much easier to spell, that would be what, probably embarasada, right? :-) Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Solo

2002-06-07 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:52:24 -0400, David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After my intro flight in a Cessna 150 on 5 April, I thought that I might never want to take the controls of a plane again: