Flying in Florida (Some very basic Questions)
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From: E Anglia
Having flown/studied/rented in Florida and California I'd choose California (read:West Coast including Nevada/Arizona) anytime: I think the sea temperature is an irrelevance: The chances of my ditching or choosing to swim off the beach for pleasure are equally small...............
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From: Oxford, UK
I'm glad Mad Jock mentioned Alaska. Now a while back on this entertaining thread (Goodbody has probably gone off by now) I promised to tell you exactly what is wrong with California. As compared with say New York, Florida, or even the UK.
Enterprising people, or those who couldn't fit in at home, or those whose agriculture was below subsistence for the population sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to populate the thirteen original colonies of the United States, bringing plenty of black African slaves to do the heavy work in the South.
Those people who were not successful or didn't fit in on the Eastern Seaboard packed up the wagon and moved West. Across the Missisippi. Those who couldn't get on in the Midwest eventually moved to California. Which until the late twentieth century was full of wierdos.
The Frontier still calls to those who are maladjusted in various ways; now they move on to Alaska.....
Enterprising people, or those who couldn't fit in at home, or those whose agriculture was below subsistence for the population sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to populate the thirteen original colonies of the United States, bringing plenty of black African slaves to do the heavy work in the South.
Those people who were not successful or didn't fit in on the Eastern Seaboard packed up the wagon and moved West. Across the Missisippi. Those who couldn't get on in the Midwest eventually moved to California. Which until the late twentieth century was full of wierdos.
The Frontier still calls to those who are maladjusted in various ways; now they move on to Alaska.....
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From: GLASGOW
Them pesky things
Ready to depart from Naples Air Centre, nice flight to Key West, instructor calls me back and shows me the highway, where in the event of an engine failure, I should point the plane. To my quisical look he dryly comments, gators to the left, sharks to the right. Take your pick son.
Remembered that flight for quite some time.
Remembered that flight for quite some time.
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From: Iraq and other places
Just dress normally; you're going to an office to get an official document, so don't treat it as if you're about to hit the beach, but there is really no need to go crazy. To be honest, I think I may have gone in Sandals/Shorts/T-Shirt; or maybe it was a polo-neck. Anyway, no-one blinked an eye, and the offocial and I had a very pleasant conversation about England and how much he enjoyed his visits. If you know how to behave in a social situation, as everyone should, it really is a non-event.
As for not flying in Shorts/T-Shirt? Rubbish! Everyone in Florida does, even the instructors at my (very high quality) flight school when I was doing the IR/CPL this year were in shorts and a polo shirt! It's pure practicality.
I've flown extensively in both Florida and California. I prefer Florida for training, and California (and the surrounding states) for touring with a tent.
As for not flying in Shorts/T-Shirt? Rubbish! Everyone in Florida does, even the instructors at my (very high quality) flight school when I was doing the IR/CPL this year were in shorts and a polo shirt! It's pure practicality.
I've flown extensively in both Florida and California. I prefer Florida for training, and California (and the surrounding states) for touring with a tent.
