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It's 5 mins from my house. That's an old military training base that was booming in the 1950's and 1960's. I worked with a woman who grew up there on the base in the 1950's. She gave me a tour of the neighbourhood a couple of summers back, her father was base commander when she was a kid. It's pretty sad to see all the old houses and building being torn down and vacant lots everywhere up on the hill. I've seen photo's of the base from it's hayday and it was very impressive.
I took my ground school training there in 1989 but could not afford the flight time back then and my eye sight was barely legal in one eye. (Back then it was $75/hr for the instructor and plane rental to get in your hours). Good Luck LW, from what I remember it was a nice bunch of guys.
Sounds like fun! Whenever you take a trip northwards towards the La Macaza Airport servicing (Mont Tremblant), give me a holler. My life insurance has been upgraded too and I love the great blues!
Good luck in your flying. I got a license about 33 yrs ago and have owned a half dozen planes. Never got a commercial ticket, but did get my seaplane rating. I never was too enamoured by the thrill of flying as much as the places I could go in a seaplane and the speed of getting from A to B. As a mktg consultant, before I dumped the ratrace, I used the plane to travel. I got out of it some years back but still have an interest in aviation. As someone pointed out, it's a great way to scout new hunting territory.
Greg
Good Luck Lonewolf . It is a lot of fun to know how to fly . I have had my Private Piolts License since 1985 and have a lot of great times . I bought a 1946 Luscome in 1987 and restored it . I flew that plane for 10 years but sold it when avgas went to 2.50 a gallon . Its a lot of fun but big money now. Good Luck and have fun
Lonewolf, enjoy it! Flying as a private pilot is great fun. Flying as a commercial pilot becomes work.
Just a word of advice, have a look at your mortgae insurance (if you have a mortgage). I found out mine was null and void if I died in a plane crash. Not too swift for a commercial pilot really.
Here are the 2 coolest planes known to man. The Twin Otter on floats is more fun than any other plane I have flown. The beaver is a classic and flies like an oversized Supercub.
I've never yet flown in the Otter, but I've flown in the Beaver on moose hunting trip. I've also flown in the Cesna with a friend of mine who has his private license. He lives in Embrun and also has a plane at the air field in Embrun. He has taken me up a few times to fly over the Larose forest to check the moose out... It is an awesome experience which I'm really looking forward to...
BTW, thanks for making me aware of the insurance deal, I'll surely have to look into it... ... In the mean time, I'm not gonna tell my wife that...
Flying training missions over Comox in a T Bird, love flying in jets.
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My hunting partner is a part owner in the company posted below, he is also the head pilot. It is great for when I have nothing to do I will go flying with Bill. You get to see allot of different things flying the coast line of B.C. It is really nice when you see grizzles on the shore line or when there is a pod of killer whales just below you. Also we find some nice places to hunt.
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when I own my own plane for fun...I'll be able to fish off it.
Yep, imagine landing on a lost lake/lakes somewhere outthere where man don't even know the lake/lakes existed, and here you are fishing these lost lakes right off the pontoons. Or landing the plane on a lake way out in no man's land to hunt moose in places untouched by man, where there is no way in the world any type of ground vehicle can get to... It just doesn't get any better than that!....
Mike, your post reminded me of a story I read many years ago by an author who had trained to become a military pilot early in ww2. He trained in a two seater (front and back) aircraft, with the instructor in the back seat. The instructor was well known for a particular trick he did when he was sure his pupil was ready to fly solo. He'd get the students attention and then remove the joystick and toss it out of the aircraft. The intent was to signify that the student was on his own, and to let him know the instructor had confidence in his abilities. On this particular occasion, the student nodded his head, reached down and then turned to show the instructor that he too had removed his joystick. The instructor was going crazy trying to tell the guy to put it back, but the student just smiled and tossed it out of the aircraft. The instructor quickly unbuckled his safety harness, jumped out of the aircraft, and parachuted safely to the ground. The student (the author) was laughing hysterically, as he guided the plane to a safe landing at the airport. He was still laughing and sharing the story with his fellow students when the instructor arrived, after a long and exhausting walk back from where he'd landed. Seems the student had heard about the instructor's habit, and had hidden a spare joystick in the front cockpit. He'd never removed the real one.
Maritimer 
But I'm bringing an extra joystick and parachute