-Wilbur Wtight

In the summer of 1998 I finally talked my parents into letting me learn how to fly. Little did I know at the time that it would take me three years to actually receive my private pilot certificate. Flying is, unfortunately, an expensive activity and neither my parents (the actual source of funding) nor I could afford too much flight time in too short of a period. This and the fact that I was a busy high school student produced delays in my training. Nonetheless I have loved every minute that I have had the good fortune of being in the air. Now that I am certified and in college, money still limits the amount of time I get to fly and therefore I relish every moment when I do fly. You can have a peek at my logbook here.

On August 4, 2001 I received my certificate declaring me legal to fly under the privileges of a private pilot. Though my flight training is formally over I am still a student as flying provides an infinite frontier of learning. Recently I took my new camera with me in the air and took some photos for this site. The weather was nice, a mild breeze out of the south and very hazy. The airplane in the photos is N7061A, the Cessna 172 that is rented out at Thomas P. Stafford airport in Weatherford (F-91). Named in honor of Thomas Stafford, the airport is home to a museum detailing his achievements in aviation as a test pilot and Apollo astronaut.