Silly aviation goals

In no particular order:


1) Get a single engine sea rating
2) Fly a B-24 Liberator ( right seat would be okay )
3) Own an airplane and hang out at the airport on weekends
4) Land at every airport in California.
5) Become the world aerobatic champion



Typhoonpilot
 
This one's pretty silly.


I always wanted to get an old farm.. or a decent parcel of land, just a bit out from the city. (Got an inside edge on that in Texas.)

Then I'd grade down some dirt.. maybe make myself a runway. Start with a grass strip. Step up to 3000 feet of pavement, eventually. Maybe more.

Build myself a nice little hangar. Have myself a modest little house nearby, with lots of windows looking at the strip.

I'd build a bunkhouse not far from the hangar, too.

THAT way, I'd have my own little private airfield, and JC Meet & Greets and the like could be Fly Ins. Drinkers would have their keys time stamped and sequestered.

Said bunkhouse would be open to all willing to rough it a little.

That'd be the life, right there.

Silly, really. I'll never make the kind of money I need to do that with my current gig. Owning a plane is a bit out of reach, most likely.

But it could happen. Been carrying this pipe dream around for years.

Someday.
 
JordanD said:
Fly a Huey. Preferably at treetop level with CCR and Ride of the Valkyrie playing over speakers in the back.
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+1. I have always wanted to fly a Huey. I would like it to be the Huey gunship with the teeth painted on it.

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Maybe shoot the cannon while playing Ride of the Valkyries on the loudspeaker.
 
Firebird2XC said:
This one's pretty silly.


I always wanted to get an old farm.. or a decent parcel of land, just a bit out from the city. (Got an inside edge on that in Texas.)

Then I'd grade down some dirt.. maybe make myself a runway. Start with a grass strip. Step up to 3000 feet of pavement, eventually. Maybe more.

Build myself a nice little hangar. Have myself a modest little house nearby, with lots of windows looking at the strip.

I'd build a bunkhouse not far from the hangar, too.

THAT way, I'd have my own little private airfield, and JC Meet & Greets and the like could be Fly Ins. Drinkers would have their keys time stamped and sequestered.

Said bunkhouse would be open to all willing to rough it a little.

That'd be the life, right there.

Silly, really. I'll never make the kind of money I need to do that with my current gig. Owning a plane is a bit out of reach, most likely.

But it could happen. Been carrying this pipe dream around for years.

Someday.
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It is a fine dream...until you decide to pave the runway. Why the hell would you want to ruin an excellent turf runway by making it paved? Any decent airplane (defined as one with a tailwheel) will behave in a better manner on turf.
 
Everyone has such good goals....
My ultimate goal is to never become jaded with aviation; Always remember why I love it.

Beyond that, other goals are:
Fly and get paid for it.
Own a T-6.
Have fun.

I think that the latter 3 goals help enforce the first.

(I have many many other goals within aviation, but those are primary)
 
Ive done these ones
beasly said:
Four rites of passage:

Nasty soup, solo at night.
Tail dragger x-wind landing
Solo spin
Solo inverted recovery.

Looking to make the jump from competent to pro.
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And all of these ones
1.fly coast to coast, a real cross country
2.own an airplane
4.build an experimental
3.pull my airplane into a hanger, take out a lounge chair and drink a beer after a relaxing day of beautiful VFR flying
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For my next goals
1. PIC type rating in DC3
II. ATP MES/SES
C. Glider Rating
4. Built a rotorway 162F or whatever their latest model is
E. Get my rotor rating in said rotorway
E(2). Build matching helicycles with my dad and fly around locally

There are a bunch more but those are on the short term list
 
1.) Be the pilot for the Rangers/Stars 757 (That is my dream job)
2.) Get a ride in a fighter pilot
3.) Takeoff from an aircraft carrier (unlikely)
4.) Get a decent job
5.) Have the money and access to a nice GA plane for beautiful VFR days.
 
WacoFan said:
It is a fine dream...until you decide to pave the runway. Why the hell would you want to ruin an excellent turf runway by making it paved? Any decent airplane (defined as one with a tailwheel) will behave in a better manner on turf.
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You assume I'd pave over the original runway?

I always figured this would be a project that occurred in phases.

Phase 1 would be turf. Phase 2 would be paved. For those so inclined.

I thought it would be fun to paint a carrier shape on the paved runway, like the Navy does. For spot landing contests with touch and goes, etc.

Also- pavement fits into a long running pipe dream I had.

I figure, some folks get sick and need special care elsewhere. They might have insurance for the care, but the travel gets expensive. Should I ever be so well heeled, I'd get myself a Shorts or a Beech 1900 or a Twin Commander and deck it out like a Medevac bird and volunteer for Angel Flight.

Unless I bought a DC-3 or something (which would be much harder for the medically challenged PAX) pavement becomes a requirement.

That's always been my standard answer for "if you were so rich you didn't have to work..." so I figured an aviation pipe dream would dovetail better if I built a strip I could land a turbine powered plane on.
 
Sisson2011 said:
1.) Be the pilot for the Rangers/Stars 757 (That is my dream job)
2.) Get a ride in a fighter pilot
3.) Takeoff from an aircraft carrier (unlikely)
4.) Get a decent job
5.) Have the money and access to a nice GA plane for beautiful VFR days.
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Giggity.
 
Firebird2XC said:
You assume I'd pave over the original runway?

I always figured this would be a project that occurred in phases.

Phase 1 would be turf. Phase 2 would be paved. For those so inclined.

I thought it would be fun to paint a carrier shape on the paved runway, like the Navy does. For spot landing contests with touch and goes, etc.

Also- pavement fits into a long running pipe dream I had.

I figure, some folks get sick and need special care elsewhere. They might have insurance for the care, but the travel gets expensive. Should I ever be so well heeled, I'd get myself a Shorts or a Beech 1900 or a Twin Commander and deck it out like a Medevac bird and volunteer for Angel Flight.

Unless I bought a DC-3 or something (which would be much harder for the medically challenged PAX) pavement becomes a requirement.

That's always been my standard answer for "if you were so rich you didn't have to work..." so I figured an aviation pipe dream would dovetail better if I built a strip I could land a turbine powered plane on.
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Perfection

And for me:
Own a Waco Tapperwing
Own an E model Waco
Own a EGC-6 Waco
Own a YPF-6 or -7 Waco
Fly a GeeBee
Own an F Model Stinson Reliant (F models had 450 P&W's)
 
Own or run an old airport with a small paved strip and small grass strip. Lots of the arch type hangars stuffed full of old airplanes from WWII era and earlier... the golden days of aviation. I'd love to have some Staggerwings, Cessna 195s, Piper Cubs, Aeronca's, or a Beech 18 would be nice too.

It's a beautiful thing that unlike cars, airplanes seem to last forever.
 
WacoFan said:
Perfection

And for me:
Own a Waco Tapperwing
Own an E model Waco
Own a EGC-6 Waco
Own a YPF-6 or -7 Waco
Fly a GeeBee
Own an F Model Stinson Reliant (F models had 450 P&W's)
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You need to get out to BTL. They make Wacos here. Quite the airplane!
 
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