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Nice. However, I see that it doesn't have the plane which I usually made as a child. As an aside, I was a wannabe pilot who never went to flight school. I lov
by 2143 4y ago
Nice.
However, I see that it doesn't have the plane which I usually made as a child.
As an aside, I was a wannabe pilot who never went to flight school. I love aircrafts, and I love long haul flights (I never got tired from the multiple 15+ hour India<->America flights I took).
In India to become a pilot you had to learn math and physics in high-school, and at my highschool, you could either take Math-Physics-Chemistry-Biology, or Math-Physics-Chemistry-ComputerScience.
Computer Science (CS) meant they taught you coding, Boolean algebra (incl. Karnaugh Maps), history of CS and the internet, and we eventually moved onto OOP.
I'm terrible at Biology, so I choose the latter option. I found I liked CS, and now here I am :)
Though I never went to flight school, even today I'm still passionate about it. I follow these youtubers — Mentour Pilot, Captain Joe, Kelsey (74gear), and Dutch Pilot Girl.
And I closely follow the aircraft models and the industry in general. I can tell what model an aircraft is just by looking at it.
I sometimes have those what if moments.
It's like the great American poet Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, except I took the well travelled road.
- abc_lisper 4y agoWhat I came to say. Reading the first line I figured this is an Indian ;)
- 2143 4y agoYep, the relatively short plane with large wings. Doesn't go fast, but it hovers in the air for quite a bit. Does this until it hits the ground: Go down, gather lift and go up, reach stall speed, stall, repeat. Nice to watch if you have a tiny one that you launch from a great height.
- vkdelta 4y agoGet a PPL if you really want to fly. It is much more accessible and you can make your dream come true.
- 2143 4y agoEventually I'd like to obtain a licence, at least the one for smaller planes. But even if I get one, general aviation isn't really a thing here in India so it's kind of a dead-end. I think USA is a better place for these kinds of activities, where the plane scene is much more active.
- outworlder 4y agoWhat about gliders? Glider hours are much cheaper. Not sure how their availability looks like in India - but if there are, I imagine there are AMAZING mountain ridges your could use for soaring :)