First Happy Birthday Todd. You lucky bumm. I once got to stand at the edge of our runway while a B-17 took flight. Quite a sight to see...all that metal and engines blasting by just out of hands reach.
On flying. $VX. You MUST MUST not use $$ as an excuse. I'd go practically broke to keep flying. I just got bumped out of my club (partial ownership) because the insurance. Now I'm seriously considering a large home equity loan to buy into another. I'm just waiting for the economy to upswing....which I think it has.
Flying is the best! There are so many "I wish I woulda continued with those lessons" out there. Don't be one.
Todd,
Please post pictures next Spring...we'll all be here....typing away our limited time here...
My father has a plaque on his instrument panel.
"The gods do not deduct from ones time on this earth, time spent flying"