I've been lucky enough to be able to hang around airplanes pretty much all my life and was even given the chance to get a pilots license at 17, but because of my fear of tests, I have never actually went to flight or ground school, thus no ticket. I have been flying for years in the right seat, so this will not be new to me, but I get to start at the beginning and learn what I have taken for granted all these years.
A few months ago, bored, I watched
16R on Hulu again and after getting a little emotional - don't worry, no tissues were needed - I thought about putting my fears aside and going for it. A few weeks ago, one of my friends on Facebook started to post about his first flights. That did it, I watched 16R again - getting a bit emotional again and decided I needed to do this. I have been itching to start, but a work project and leaving for a little R&R tomorrow made me postpone things until the first week of August.
Today, I created an account at the flight school I will be using and also set a tentative date of August 4th to go for my first lesson and first official log book entry.
I hope that one day, I'll be able to fly this plane from the left seat, as PIC.
Right now (license not withstanding), hours and insurance prevent me.
Since this is the digital age, photos and vids of progress to follow as I progress.
This is going to be fun. I can't wait!