RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group the Blame Game

fellows,

I remember Winter in Newton IA.
The school was not so far away, just ~3long blocks.
and the ground was mostly level.
However, I was just a little guy, less than 3' tall and the snow drifts were
much taller.

I also had shoes and a nice warm Winter coat.

The route to school was approx 1/2 dirt road and 1/2 paved road.

Nonetheless, That 4 blocks was a major chore to walk to/from school.

BTW:
I was passing through the area a couple of years ago.
The dirt roads are gone. Replaced by hwy 14.
We used to live way out past the edge of town.
Now, the town runs several miles past where I used to live.
The Maytag company had less than 1 city block. Now, Maytag covers the whole
area that used to be the town.
Things really change when a person turns their back for a few decades.
I guess that is called 'progress'.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Michael Pilla" <snowflake6515@gmail.com>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:49:45 -0400
Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group the Blame Game

> LOL! I soloed a J-3, paying $4/hour, wet. I also have Commonwealth
> time, etc. The Cub time was in 1956 when I got my pilot's license on
> my 16th birthday and then had to have my father drive me to Motor
> Vehicles to get an auto permit (none of that 16 stuff.)
>
> I did have to walk to school (no buses), but fortunately, had shoes;
> otherwise winters would have been murder. J
>
> Michael
>
> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Helen Woods
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:43 AM
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group the Blame Game
>
> Hmm. And I'm guessing that all of you walked to school barefoot,
> through two feet of snow, uphill both ways?
>
> Helen
>
> On 10/14/2010 11:39 AM, James Ferris wrote:
> > Thats not bad, i had to pay another $3.00 for the instructer but he only
> had one
> > eye, so i may have got a discount for that. I got a $14,000 hous e for a
> > hundered bucks back then, just take over the payments
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group the Blame Game
> >
> > Actually my first 8 hours of instruction came as a package deal for $100.
> > back in 1970 flying a C-150! Of course that's still twice what JF said he
> paid
> > and would probably be about $1000 in todays dollars... (My house back then
> > cost me $14,000!)
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 13 October 2010 09:23:52 pm apollonorthamerica wrote:
> >
> >> Was that during the great depression :).
> >>
> >> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com> , James Ferris<mijniljj@...>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I learned to fly i rented the airplane for $6.00/hour WET, where
> did
> >>> you learn your Math?
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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