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It’s the most amazing, empowering, exhilirating thing ever. I would be happy to talk at length with any prospective flight students or student pilots about the process and the joy of becoming a private pilot.

Oh, my. I’ve been a pilot for six years, but I’ve never had a lot of confidence operating at the edges of my plane’s ability. So I took a spin training class from a highly recommended instructor and OH MY. It changed my entire life. Literally.

We had two one-hour lessons in the air in an aerobatic plane. I had done brief spin training once before, so I was able to zip through the curriculum pretty quickly – and the instructor asked what I wanted to do with the remaining time. So I asked about some aerobatic maneuvers.

I won’t bore folks with all the specific maneuvers I learned to do, but WOW. WOW, WOW, WOW.

So now I’m saving money aggressively, both to start my own business in what I think is an un-filled aviation niche, and to become an aerobatic pilot. Watch out, skies, here I come!