I still yell "Clear Prop" when I start my old Ford pickup ;-)

    - Tom

At 20:43 05-08-02, Jim 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

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