Why Do You Fly?
Join Date: Jul 2002
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I am addicted - just as Whirly describes. I've become a junkie, not only for the flying bit but for the "what makes em tick" bit too. I'm even finding it difficult to concentrate on the day job which pays for the addiction!!!! 
But for me there is a third significant element, ie in addition to Whirly's original two. It has been touched on only by Groundbound and Bluebeard thus far that I can read.
This third element has to do with the challenge of fine-tuning and maximising discipline over my own mind and self. To fly well requires one's mind and body to be in peak operating order and this particularly means that ones mind is trained to deal optimally with the unexpected and the emergency. I have found the associated challenge a fascinating personal growth path which is also significantly motivating.
I have found it to have benefits in the rest of my life too - I make decisions better than I used to BF (before flying that is), I am more in control of myself and my situation and generally I am more positive and direct than I used to be. And I put this down to the discipline training as well as the passion associated with the addiction.
Can anyone else relate to this too?
But for me there is a third significant element, ie in addition to Whirly's original two. It has been touched on only by Groundbound and Bluebeard thus far that I can read.
This third element has to do with the challenge of fine-tuning and maximising discipline over my own mind and self. To fly well requires one's mind and body to be in peak operating order and this particularly means that ones mind is trained to deal optimally with the unexpected and the emergency. I have found the associated challenge a fascinating personal growth path which is also significantly motivating.
I have found it to have benefits in the rest of my life too - I make decisions better than I used to BF (before flying that is), I am more in control of myself and my situation and generally I am more positive and direct than I used to be. And I put this down to the discipline training as well as the passion associated with the addiction.
Can anyone else relate to this too?
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Other than the fact that I've been involved in light aircraft for 30 years now and loved most minutes of it (some of the time it's been a bit frustrating when the weather goes cack on you and you have to make a decision to pull stumps)......
Other than the fact that I used to work for the UKs largest military aircraft manufacturer and used to see some of Her Majesty's finest leaping into the sky on a regular basis in yellow primer (which looks great against some really grey CBs in half light!)......
Other than the fact that I'm an adrenaline junkie......
Other than the fact that I love seeing the sense of exhilaration on peoples faces when they first take to the air in a GA aircraft - it goes from pooing themselves to fascination.....
I love flying. If anyone said that they'd pay my mortgage and training for a year while I went off and got an ATPL, I'd do it tomorrow. I'm an old sod who probably would only be able to fly commercially for around 10 yrs, so the financial balance is tipped the wrong way.
Flying, to me, is freedom, escapism, challenge, something which I can always improve on and FUN!!
Other than the fact that I used to work for the UKs largest military aircraft manufacturer and used to see some of Her Majesty's finest leaping into the sky on a regular basis in yellow primer (which looks great against some really grey CBs in half light!)......
Other than the fact that I'm an adrenaline junkie......
Other than the fact that I love seeing the sense of exhilaration on peoples faces when they first take to the air in a GA aircraft - it goes from pooing themselves to fascination.....
I love flying. If anyone said that they'd pay my mortgage and training for a year while I went off and got an ATPL, I'd do it tomorrow. I'm an old sod who probably would only be able to fly commercially for around 10 yrs, so the financial balance is tipped the wrong way.
Flying, to me, is freedom, escapism, challenge, something which I can always improve on and FUN!!
