Video: Learning To Fly In 1953

TaildraggersInc · 201002011717

Learning To Fly In 1953

YouTube is a wondrous cavern full of mysterious and often delightful treasures. As you carefully thread your way past the videos of funny animals, fat chicks on dirt bikes, and morons shooting bottle rockets out of their posteriors (not safe for work OR childred), you will occasionally see the glint of something truly spectacular. Bomberguy's YouTube channel is one of those shining diamonds hidden amongst the piles of crap.

This video is a great reminder of how life used to be. I know a lot of us long for "the good old days". Some lived through it, and some of us can only dream about what it must have been like. Tag along with this student pilot as he learns how to fly in 1953.

Here's a line from the flick to make you just a little nauseous, "It costs less than a hundred dollars to learn to fly, and less than five hundred to become a qualified, licensed pilot."

Greg Bockelman · 201002021016

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Originally Posted by TaildraggersInc

Here's a line from the flick to make you just a little nauseous, "It costs less than a hundred dollars to learn to fly, and less than five hundred to become a qualified, licensed pilot."

Hmm. It took me just over double that in 1977-78.

TaildraggersInc · 201002021456

I easliy spent ten times that or more in 1997-2003... I took a few breaks in training, too.

As an aside, I was airborne just 35nm SW of the Pentagon when the third plane hit on September 11, 2001 in a Cessna 172. We were practicing pattern work that morning. That was a very surreal day around here.

Greg Bockelman · 20100203101

No kidding. Pretty surreal in the midwest with no contrails for three days.

TaildraggersInc · 201002171548

Here's a link to the compete video. It's actually titled "Flying Businessman". It's an entertaining old flick if you've got 13 minutes to kill.

http://www.archive.org/details/FlyingBu1953

The quality is a little better on the archive.org site than on YouTube. Enjoy!

201002011717	#1
TaildraggersInc Administrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 113	Video: Learning To Fly In 1953 Learning To Fly In 1953 YouTube is a wondrous cavern full of mysterious and often delightful treasures. As you carefully thread your way past the videos of funny animals, fat chicks on dirt bikes, and morons shooting bottle rockets out of their posteriors (not safe for work OR childred), you will occasionally see the glint of something truly spectacular. Bomberguy's YouTube channel is one of those shining diamonds hidden amongst the piles of crap. This video is a great reminder of how life used to be. I know a lot of us long for "the good old days". Some lived through it, and some of us can only dream about what it must have been like. Tag along with this student pilot as he learns how to fly in 1953. Here's a line from the flick to make you just a little nauseous, "It costs less than a hundred dollars to learn to fly, and less than five hundred to become a qualified, licensed pilot."

201002171548	#5
TaildraggersInc Administrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 113	Here's a link to the compete video. It's actually titled "Flying Businessman". It's an entertaining old flick if you've got 13 minutes to kill. http://www.archive.org/details/FlyingBu1953 The quality is a little better on the archive.org site than on YouTube. Enjoy! Attached Thumbnails

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201002021456	#3
TaildraggersInc Administrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 113	I easliy spent ten times that or more in 1997-2003... I took a few breaks in training, too. As an aside, I was airborne just 35nm SW of the Pentagon when the third plane hit on September 11, 2001 in a Cessna 172. We were practicing pattern work that morning. That was a very surreal day around here.

20100203101	#4
Greg Bockelman Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dubuque, Iowa Posts: 5	No kidding. Pretty surreal in the midwest with no contrails for three days.