Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post

Winni-Retired · 03-14-2014, 05:12 PM

I soloed on my 16th birthday out of north central airport in RI, on 31 dec 1962.

My training plane was a top winged Piped Colt, PA-106. The cost was $12.00 per hour solo or $16,00 with instructor... That included fuel

I worked after school packing toys at Hassenfeld Bros (Hasbro -- today) to get money to pay for flight training.

I bet I washed a thousand planes ---or so it seems to earn money or co-pilot seat time as I trained for my private license.

It was sort of odd to have a pilots license but not a drivers licence for most of my junior year in high school... no money to get car insuranc = no drivers licence.

But as a 17 year old high school senior, with a private pilots licence and the ability to rent a pretty new Cherokee 140, I really could offer a different type of Saturday night date.

03-14-2014, 05:12 PM	#8
Winni-Retired Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SE Mass / Lake Posts: 125 Thanks: 99 Thanked 102 Times in 22 Posts	1962 cost I soloed on my 16th birthday out of north central airport in RI, on 31 dec 1962. My training plane was a top winged Piped Colt, PA-106. The cost was $12.00 per hour solo or $16,00 with instructor... That included fuel I worked after school packing toys at Hassenfeld Bros (Hasbro -- today) to get money to pay for flight training. I bet I washed a thousand planes ---or so it seems to earn money or co-pilot seat time as I trained for my private license. It was sort of odd to have a pilots license but not a drivers licence for most of my junior year in high school... no money to get car insuranc = no drivers licence. But as a 17 year old high school senior, with a private pilots licence and the ability to rent a pretty new Cherokee 140, I really could offer a different type of Saturday night date.