.. L!.........!..........................!.........................R Grayson Enterprises Ltd. A!! Rights to Best Pub!. Page 1 Approximate!y 1,302 words FLYING:THE NATURAL HIGH Written by June Grayson Iæ yoõ havå alwayó dreameä oæ soarinç witè eag!es¬  waiô nï !onger® Therå ió á f!ighô instructioî prograí tï fiô  youò schedulå aô aî airporô neaò you® Iî á fe÷ weekó yoõ caî  makå youò chi!dhood dreams come. true. Thå daù ió !onç past¬ however¬ wheî yoõ cou!ä jusô  drivå uð tï aî airporô anä finä á barnstorminç pi!oô !ol!inç  arounä readù tï takå yoõ uð iî hió p!anå wheneveò yoõ appeared®  Flighô instruction is now a professiona! service. Iæ yoõ arå á younç persoî whï hopeó tï makå flyinç á  career¬ iô makeó senså tï attenä á co!legå whicè coordinateó thå  fu!¡ rangå oæ f!ighô traininç witè á bache!oò degree® Iî  professionaì flyinç jobs¬ aó witè otheò occupationó today¬ thå  edgå ofteî goes to the person with that forma! degree. Š But your degree does not have to be in f!ying. If .PA Š .. L..!.........!......................................................R yoõ havå somå oò alì oæ youò co!!egå behinä yoõ wheî yoõ opô foò á    flyinç career¬ yoõ caî attenä fu!¡ timå f!ighô schoo¡ tï attaiî    alì oæ youò flight ratings in the shortest possible time. Thió wi!¡ takå fouò tï fivå monthó anä cosô betweeî .® ''.$15,00° and $20,000. You wi!l end up with 230 loggable flight houró anä 20° houró oæ grounä education,¬ a!ì oæ youò f!ighô    ratingó including multi-engine, and a marketable skill. Militarù flighô programó coordinateä witè collegå alsï    providå excellenô traininç tï younç studentó whï qualify® Iî    fact¬ commerciaì air!ineó havå alwayó dependeä oî retireä militarù    pi1ots whose##kills'were honed# in war oombat or military maneuvers. But the average flying student today is in his thir- tieó or.fortieó witè fu!ì timå fami!ù anä businesó responsibi!    ities® Hå wantó tï f!ù foò persona¡ p!easurå oò businesó effi    ciency® Sincå nï o#å eveò h#ó enougè timå anä iô alwayó seemó aó    thougè "yoõ can'ô geô therå froí here"¬ f!yinç youò owî p!anå caî    makå fami!y vacations feasib!e and business hours more productive. Thå threå usua¡ methodó bù whicè yoõ caî geô youò pri    vatå pi!oô licenså arå througè á f!yinç c!ub¬ á fixeä baså oper    ator (FBO), and a f!ight school. Aô sma!!eò airports¬ !icenseä anä studenô pi!otó maù    forí á flyinç c!uâ sï thaô theù caî afforä tï buù theiò owî planå    anä hirå part-time f!ight instructors for the benefit of their members. .PA Š .. L.........!...!...............................!..!.................R -. .-=- - Thå FBÏ ió thå backbonå oæ thå f!ighô instructioî industrù anä yoõ caî finä onå oò morå !ocateä aô !argeò airports® Thå FBÏ ió á franchiseä dea!eò oæ onå oæ thå threå sma!¡ aircrafô useä foò flighô traininç - the Beechcraft, Cessna, and Piper. Hå operateó !ikå youò !oca¡ autï dea!eò anä provideó á fu!¡ rangå oæ flyinç services® Hå wantó tï se!ì airp!aneó anä tï dï thaô hå needs licensed pilots. He keeps top-qua!ity air- .craft readi!y avai!ab!e for f!ight training and renta!, he services p!a#es, and he rents storage space for them. Aircrafô manufactureró havå broughô uniform!tù tï f!ighô traininç by providing their dea!ers with the !atest instruction programs geared to the planes they manufacture. The dea!er hires !oca¡ pi!otó whï havå theiò f!ighô instructoò ratinç tï stafæ á traininç program that usua!!y operates seven days a week. Yoõ wi!¡ uså f!ighô manua!ó anä audio-visua¡ materia!ó thaô a!!o÷ yoõ tï studù aô homå aô youò owî speed® Eveî thougè timinç ió f!exib!e, you wi!! !earn most effective!y if you can schedu!e at !east two f!ying !essons a week. You can expect to so!ï afteò abouô teî houró oæ flighô timå anä attaiî youò privatå pi!oô !icense in 50-60 hours at an average cost of $3,000. Tï qua!ifù foò youò !icenså yoõ wi!¡ havå tï pasó thå twï examinationó requireä bù thå Federa¡ Aviatioî Administratioî (FAA)® Iî thå writteî FAÁ exaí yoõ wi!¡ sho÷ whaô yoõ havå !earneä abouô aviatioî regu!ations¬ pilotinç procedures¬ anä crosó countrù f!ying£ Durinç the actua! f!ight test, you have to show your Š .PA Š .. L!!.!!......!.!.......................................................R ability to control the airplane in a safe and confident manner. Yoõ musô a!sï pasó á physica¡ examinatioî performeä by'aî  Aviation Medical Examiner (AME), a !ocal physician author- ized by the FAA to perform airman physicals according to FAA '''-. specifications. Chronic medical conditions that are incompat- iblå witè thå safå operatioî oæ aî airplane¬ sucè aó hearô diseaså oò   epi!epsy, are disqua!ifying. Iæ yoõ havå anù questionó abouô youò abi!itù tï pasó thå   physica!¬ youò f!ighô instructoò caî direcô yoõ tï á !oca¡ AMÅ whï   caî advise you before you start f!ying. Iæ yoõ finä iô harä tï discip!inå yourse!æ tï studù aô homå   anä to work your f!ying !essons into your busy schedu!e, you maù wanô tï investigatå thå concentrateä instructioî provideä bù .® á flight #choo!. Leaf through any f!ying magazine to see their ads and decide which one sound right for you. Americaî Flyers¬ witè facilitieó iî Ca!ifornia¬ Texas¬     F!orida¬ Illinois¬ anä Ne÷ York¬ ió sucè á schoo!® Yoõ caî masteò     grounä instructioî anä pasó youò writteî tesô - alì iî á threedaù     weekenä aô onå oæ theiò !ocations® Iæ yoõ caî geô awaù foò á twï     oò threå weeë vacation¬ yoõ caî geô iî enougè f!ighô timå tï bå     eligiblå foò youò privatå pi!oô licenså througè á traininç prograí     tai!ored especia!ly for you. Mosô privatå pilotó plaî tï gï oî anä geô theiò instru     menô rating® Youò 1icenså anä p!anå won'ô dï yoõ mucè gooä iæ yoõ     caî only fly in perfect weather. Instrument training is far more demanding than that Š.PA Š .. L!.........!.!......................................................R Grayson, F!ying, page 5 needeä tï securå thå privatå piloô !icense® Grounä simulatoró arå  ofteî useä tï teacè ho!dinç patterns¬ radiï navigation¬ anä  approaches® F!ighô schooló anä somå FBOó offeò traininç sï tnaô yoõ  caî qua!ify for your instrument rating. Iæ yoõ can'ô !eavå youò officå eveî foò á fe÷ days¬ hirå  thå schooì thaô comeó tï you® Professionaì Instrumenô Courses¬ foò  examp!e¬ wilì senä #yoõ á f!ighô instructoò - usua1!y® á retireä  mi!itarù pi!oô witè oveò 10,00° houró oæ f!yinç timå - whï carrieó  hió owî portab!å ##unä simu!ator® Yoõ paù hió transportation£  lodging¬ anä thå teî daù professiona¡ feå oæ $2,750® Yoõ a!sï  furnisè youò owî p!anå anä eighô houró oæ youò timå everù daù - anä  Eureka¡ You are ready to take your instrument rating tests. Peteò Dogan¬ PIC'ó founder¬ sayó thaô theiò typica¡  studenô ió 5¶ yearó o!d¬ á high!ù motivateä entrepreneur¬ anä thå  presidenô oò CEÏ oæ hió owî company® Yoõ maù havå hearä oæ onå oæ  theiò recent graduates - Tom Landry, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Whï hasn'ô hearä thå storù oæ thå bravå spouså whï safe!ù  landó á p!anå afteò thå pi!oô haó dieä oæ á hearô attack¿ Iæ yoõ  don'ô wanô tï !earî tï f!ù buô yoõ wanô tï bå prepareä foò á f!yinç  emergency¬ thå Aircrafô Owneró anä Pi!otó Associatioî (AOPA© haó á  courså jusô foò you® Theiò PINCÈ HITTEÒ prograí wi!ì teacè yoõ  enougè abouô á p!anå anä itó contro!ó sï yoõ cou!ä !anä iô safelù iæ  necessary. Š As a spouse or friend of an AOPA member, you are e|ig- .PA Š .. L!........!...!....................................................R -. . .- - iblå tï takå thå fouò houò grounä instructioî courså and,iæ yoõ havå aî airplanå availablå foò youò owî use¬ fouò houró oæ flighô timå durinç which you will actual!y !and the p!ane. Iæ yoõ drinë a!coho¡ oò dï drugs¬ don'ô f!y® '''§   Statistics show that 40% of flying students wash out of training programs becauså oæ alcohoì oò druç problems® Anä onå iî teî f!ighô fata! itieó ió duå tï alcohoì abuse® Therå ió eveî á caså wherå second-® hanä inhalatioî oæ marijuaná fumeó waó deemeä thå causå oæ á crasè thaô ki!!ed the two pi!ots. #!yinç ió differenô froí otheò ski!ló iî thaô mistakeó caî bå fatal® Yoõ can'ô pu!ì ofæ tï thå sidå oæ thå roaä anä reaä youò owner'ó manual. Becauså attaininç anä upgradinç youò ratingó ió á majoò investmenô oæ youò timå anä money¬ demanä thå besô oæ yourse!æ anä youò instructors. # Then all of your !andings wi!! be happy ones. ####### .PA Š