dude there is likely an instructor somewhere saying that exact phrase right as I type this
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What made you want to be a pilot? (I assume everyone wanted to be one at some point)
- Thread starter Soapbox Killer
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My father was in the military so I always grew up around aircraft. Later in life I pretty much got my fill of flying because of my job. So I'm good now.
Wanted to be a pilot ever since I was a kid. Parents bought bought me games like Ace Combat and I was hooked ever since. Fast forward to now and I find myself waking up to go fly military aircraft. This pilot thing is pretty neat.
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Yup. Wait...maybe not now cause its after lights out. I can still hear my chief saying that to me in my sleep.
Closest I ever got was having a go at a full Boeing 737 simulator several years ago.
Watching a lot of episodes of Mayday/Air Crash Investigation is what got me interested.
Watching a lot of episodes of Mayday/Air Crash Investigation is what got me interested.
Nope I have never wanted to step foot in an airplane.
I step up 3 steps on a step stool and think fuck this.
I step up 3 steps on a step stool and think fuck this.
Are you me? Because I literally did the same. Went to through the University of North Dakota's pilot program for a year before the cost plus the realization that I'd have to spend 4+ more years in ND made me change my mind.
Anyway to answer the question:
Don't recall ever wanting to be one. Both my uncles are pilots and would take us flying when we were young, but I don't really remember it much.
I feel you.
Not even once.
I hate being on a plane, everything is so cramped and tight and you can do nothing but sit still for hours
That's like the opposite of being "free as a bird"
Y'all were lied to. Maybe chemtrails are real and they're actually brainwashing people into believing flying is cool?
Also I'm afraid of heights and would probably just panic up there in the pilot seat
I hate being on a plane, everything is so cramped and tight and you can do nothing but sit still for hours
That's like the opposite of being "free as a bird"
Y'all were lied to. Maybe chemtrails are real and they're actually brainwashing people into believing flying is cool?
Also I'm afraid of heights and would probably just panic up there in the pilot seat
I still want to. Cost for flight school for the basic non-commercial airline isn't that bad. Rental fees are a little rough though. Hope i can accomplish it someday.
I grew up playing Ace Combat 04.
I grew up playing Ace Combat 04.
I can't say I ever wanted to be a pilot. Archeologist or paleontologist, doctor, architect... sure. I don't remember ever wanting to fly planes though. I do think jets are cool as fuck, I love being around them, and I'd love to take a ride in one but I don't need to fly it myself.
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Playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X on my late uncles PC back in 08. I lost interest a few years later.
My grandfather flew Spitfires for a Norwegian RAF squadron in WWII, so the mystique of the fighter pilot really appealed to me.
On the other hand, the F-22 and F-35 programs were the two biggest wastes of money in modern American history, so I have complicated feelings about the whole idea.
On the other hand, the F-22 and F-35 programs were the two biggest wastes of money in modern American history, so I have complicated feelings about the whole idea.
Yup. I always wanted to be in a dogfight while blaring Danger Zone.