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June 12, 2006
#4 -- Fly a Plane
Last Friday I drove out to Winchester to take a Discovery Flight with Valley Aviation.
A discovery flight is an excellent way to experience flying for the first time. It gives the student a chance to see what learning to fly is all about. During the discovery flight the instructor will let the student take-off, go through a few basic flight maneuvers and experience navigating through the Shenandoah Valley. The flight will end with a landing at Winchester Regional Airport and a future student pilot asking when the next flight lesson will be.
Although I certainly wasn't asking when the next flight lesson would be (instead, I spent the first 5 minutes of the flight wondering where the airsick bag might be), it certainly was an experience. Andrew, my instructor, was delightful and I wasn't once in fear for my life--despite the fact that the cockpit of the Cessna made my Miata look like an RV.
Final reflection: I see no need to be a pilot, but I'm happy to check it off my list.
