> On 1/1/07, Mike Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Anyone care to share?
>
> A&P (Airframe and Powerplant), which is a fancy way of saying
> 'airplane mechanic', and I recently received an IA (Inspection
> Authorization), which is a fancy way of saying that I have been an A&P
> for three years and can pass a multiple choice test based on rote
> memorization and reading comprehension. Also, this *is* what I
> studied for, and what's worse is that I went to university instead of
> a much quicker and more economical tech school (it's not really worse,
> it's just more fun to say it that way). I am also a pilot with more
> ratings than are good for my student loan (single-engine instrument,
> multi-engine, and a tailwheel endorsement), but I haven't flown since
> my instrument check-ride because I can't afford $100/hr to rent an
> airplane.
>
> Russ
I hear you. I've got almost 600 hours in my Cherokee 180, and
rewarded myself this fall by earning a tailwheel (1939 J-4!) and
HP/complex in my buddy's PA24-250. I'd like to work on my commercial but
I can't justify the $120+/hour for a complex to train. I've though about
he A&P route, but just for my own maintenance.
Getting WAY to expensive to fly anymore...
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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