I Love Aviation

Who Needs Are Fancy Car?

By: DreamsForTheFuture

Written on February 21st, 2013

Well I am planning to learn to fly and become a pilot. I have been fascinated with aviation and flying since I was a child. My father and grandfather were both in the RCAF and I grew up on airbases. Most guys want a fast car if they win the lottery. Not me. If I win the lottery or make some good money I plan to buy an L-39 jet. It was the jet trainer for the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc nations and is a wonderful little airplane and very forgiving and it has way less complications and restrictions on it then owning a MIG.

By: DreamsForTheFuture

Age: 31-35 , Male

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animeniac2011

We have a lot of groups in common...this is NOT one. I hate to fly, unless i'm dreaming.

Apr 17
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- DreamsForTheFuture
  lol. Fair enough. :)
  
  Apr 17
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- animeniac2011
  It seems like it would be awesome to enjoy but I just can't seem to be comfortable with my feet that far off the ground. Mostly I think i'm afraid of falling from the sky at top speed and burning in a fiery inferno of metal and sweaty fat people who don't speak english.
  
  Apr 17
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Aiyana77

Check out the viper jet. It is a kit that you can buy and put it together yourself. It is the one that i would want if i ever won the lottery. It uses the same engine that it is the tomahawk missile.

Apr 3
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- DreamsForTheFuture
  I have seen them. Kinda neat I admit. But it is just made to look like it could be a military jet. lol The L-29 was a ground attack plane and the training platform for the Mig-29. Plus I trust Soviet engineering. Like the Kalashnikov it just works. They are ridiculously over engineered and are known for being easy to fly and very reliable.
  
  Apr 3
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- Aiyana77
  Ok. i am not that familiar with the military jets. I know that most stuff owned by the military is flown well past the recommended life span. Plus i always wanted to build it myself so that I really knew the plane inside and out. Every little thing that makes it tick.
  
  Apr 3
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- DreamsForTheFuture
  You have a point. There is a company in the US that restores and maintains them and they are also a broker so I would likely buy it through them. They also do some very cool after market upgrades like brand new avionics and even a stereo system in them. :D
  
  Apr 3
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karla86

cool jet hope you could afford it

Apr 3
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- DreamsForTheFuture
  Well it would require winning the lottery at this point. They go for between 200 and 300 thousand.
  
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blackbabe30

I have not yet tried a Mig

Mar 21
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blackbabe30

I can see the attraction. A friend of our has a plane and we have been for rides to Berlin, Paris and Edinburgh. Small planes are amazing.

Mar 21
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Jerryattic

Go for it!
My interest started with learning to fly real life sailplanes.
I have flown cross country and completed Silver C qualification.
Flying a RL microlight at Popham was back to the days of "Biggles"
For virtual flying must master the helicopter in Flight Simulator X !!!
Will try the MIG's if I can get my Saitek Yoke, Pedals and Quadrant to work properly!

Feb 25
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