I was in Dallas on a business trip 3 weeks ago.  The closest class B airspace
to me is Philadelphia and takes about 30 minutes to reach.  So, I rented a
plane from Addison and a local instructor showed me the ropes in that area.
After 2 touch-n-go's in Spinx (I think that's the spelling), we got clearance
to fly right over the top of DFW at 3,000 feet!  I had the video camera ready
and got some footage while the instructor did the flying back to Addison.
What a day!

Barry

On Monday 05 August 2002 11:43 pm, you wrote:
> There are a few former student pilots - as I was
> one. I wanted the taste of the left seat and got
> it through some flight instruction 20 plus years
> ago.
>
> It was a thrill - taking off from Addison field then
> heading south over I-635 (the loop around Dallas) - I
> still remember takeoffs when the "wheel" begins to
> become live (exhibit force from the control surfaces)
> as one headed down the runway. For weeks after that
> I felt I only had to pull back slightly on my
> car's steering wheel somewhere above 70 MPH to
> accomplish the same thing that the Cessna 150 did!
>
> RF Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Michels" <bmichels@barrymichels.com>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 10:13 PM
> Subject: [OT]: New Private Pilot
>
> > I just passed my checkride!  For those of you that have visited my flight
> > page:  http://www.barrymichels.com/flight  I now have something to update
>
> it
>
> > with!  When I get back from the 2-day trip I got planned for tomorrow...
> >
> > Now, I have more time to spend developing pic-related projects.  So far,
>
> I've
>
> > only built a g-meter & level.  Using Analog Devices' ADXL202 (I think
>
> that's
>
> > the part #) 2-axis accelerometer.  The top line of the 2x16 LCD is a +/-
>
> 2g
>
> > vertical axis indicator and the bottom line is a bubble level
> > <      O      >
> >
> > Are there any other pilots on this list?  If so, what kind of toys do you
> > have in your plane?
> >
> >
> > Barry
> >
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