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Old 11-29-2011, 04:13 PM
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Great site..

Well after 46.1 hours passed my checkride today in a Decathlon and i'am finally ready to build.

Just need to work on the wife and get started on an 8.

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Mark
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Old 11-29-2011, 04:33 PM
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Spectacular new! Congratulations!
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Old 11-29-2011, 04:58 PM
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Congratulations!

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Old 11-29-2011, 05:29 PM
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Well after 46.1 hours passed my checkride today in a Decathlon

Mark
Mark, GREAT first post

Welcome aboard the good ship VAF.

I think you will like it here

That is good, as I recall the average these days is up around 60 hours.

Ya done good
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Old 11-29-2011, 09:20 PM
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decathalon would be a fun airplane to train in I would think.
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Old 11-29-2011, 10:15 PM
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Congrats on the ppl and if you like a decathlon you are really gonna love the -8!!

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Old 11-30-2011, 10:10 AM
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Thanks everyone.

Yep the Decathlon is fun, I had a few hours in a 172 before and for some reason I always wanted to fly a taildragger. Cannot explain why other than the first aircraft my Dad showed me was a Spitfire (BBMF) and since then I have always wanted to fly and have always had that vision in my mind.

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Old 11-30-2011, 11:19 AM
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if you don't mind me asking, what's the going rate for the decath in your area? I think it's well over 100/hr here.
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Old 11-30-2011, 11:47 AM
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No I don't mind. Its about $110 an hour ($179 with instructor) but I pre-paid for 65 hrs and have ended up with about 24 left. The flight school is an aerobatic flight school as well so guess what I'm doing next...

Fun Fun

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Old 11-30-2011, 12:26 PM
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good for you, have fun!
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