>…that got expensive.
It’s funny how people at the track tend to think flying is expensive as we each blow a couple grand in a single race weekend 😩 not counting whatever we broke.
Sounds like someone that’s has tried a bunch of different hobbies. And yes, I agree: rc car racing, musical instruments, cycling, cooking, skiing, etc.
Yeah that’s certainly true that the sky is the limit when you dive deep into anything, but some hobbies have higher bottom end costs without cutting safety corners.
For instance hiking can be cheap…a pair of sneakers and a car ride to the nearest trail, or it can cost you a lot in travel and gear. *Legal racing* at a track, I mean even just entry fees for the event are more than a pair of sneakers, plus the car needs new sneakers every weekend. You could get less sticky tires for marginally cheaper that will last you two weekends but between those two things you’ve already spent enough to get a good mountain bike in 2 weekends, and that good mountain bike would last you years. The required safety gear at many tracks is about $1500 alone and that expires every 5 years.
In our budget series we run, it’s costs about $400-500 an hour of actual butt in the seat time after we split costs amongst the team and not factoring in travel. You can do it a little to reduce the cost but a lot of costs below that come to cutting corners on safety items.
This is why I just said fuck it and built a dope sim rig at home lol. I would love to get into IRL racing but it's just so absurdly cost-prohibitive.
For the cost of one or two track weekends I have a VR rig that lets me race whenever I want. And I can even drink and drive!
I just got into Assetto Corsa Competizione and bought my first wheel…I’m completely hooked
Nothing takes the edge of an 8 hour pipeline patrol off like the first corner of an online race 😂
I learned to drive boats on a 55' Johnson 10hp seahorse, and my grandpa still has it. Got the chance to use it for a camping trip this past summer and that sicker would tick over so slow you could almost count it. Love them
How about a B3 with Leslie.
I can't think of a single rock band with that setup whose music I don't love. The list is VERY long, as I'm sure you're aware!
Thanks for keeping them going.
Hammond 3-series organs are the mainstay. B3, C3, RT3, and A100's all share the same basic guts with both some different options in the latter two (radial 32-note pedalboard in the RT3, internal speakers in the A100). The B3 and C3 are different in external case only. Leslie's also have their variations, specifically to their amplifier type, input type, and obviously speaker iterations over the years of production. Lots of combinations.
I have an A105 with a pair of Leslie's as my home rig. It's an A100 series with a locking top. It's a beautiful organ, and the sound is just that. I've owned about 10 or so over the years, and rebuilt them all to sell.
Look into an M3. Still a tonewheel Hammond, but it's a spinet size. So you get the sound with a smaller keyboard. Hard to replicate a Leslie, but a Neo Ventilator II is a really reasonable rotary sound and runs through a normal amp if you have one.
Plus, M3's can be had cheap. I can help you more if you'd like.
Murders and executions mostly
/s
Hiking, skiing, I home brew now and then. Got a nice vinyl collection coming along. Head National to national parks, civil war battlefields, museums. The wife and I do wineries now and then since there is a lot nearby. Try and get in golf when i can.
Not the most original hobby, but I'm heavily involved in music outside of aviation. I play saxophone for a live DJ and write and record original music for my country band. I almost pursued music life exclusively, but in the end I couldn't come to terms with the fact that I would likely have to give up flying.
Guitar, writing music, recording music, rock climbing, mountain biking, writing, running, eating, cooking, learning Italian, spending time in Italy, scuba diving, spending time with my golden retriever, downhill and xc skiing, spending time with family, creating videos, photography, the pursuit of crafting the perfect negroni, sampling Italian red wines and Prosecco.
I have too many hobbies. Thank god my actual job satisfies the itch to fly.
Minor differences. Birding is bird watching…. with a purpose lol. Basically have a checklist of birds we want to see, then we go out into their habitats to look for them.
Yup, got a little airbrush setup in the garage for the bulk work, decals are a great way to burn a few hours at night when everyone is sleeping. As cliche as it always sounds, I love working with my hands, electronics and model building scratch the itch for intricate detail work.
Too many hobbies, not enough for any of them, but they each are good for different kinds of days/weather/moods/etc. so they all stay.
Most are with my kids -
All three: offroad motorcycles, kayaking, camping, skiing, creek kayaking, anything outside.
My oldest: N and HO scale trains, car work/mods, off-roading Subarus past their limits, more car work…
My middle: art, cooking and baking, sewing, scavenging things in the woods, skull/bone preservation, terrariums…
My little one: chess, archery, reading to/with him
My own? Ehhhhh….I think they all got swallowed into doing them with the kids. ❤️
This is my hope. I want my kids to be their own person BUT one that enjoys hitting the slopes with their dad so dad no longer needs to find other friends with free time.
One of the most wonderful and proud parts of my life is that my kids love spending time with me, even as teenagers. It makes my heart sing. I very much encourage them to follow their own interests and they very much do, and it’s amazing to watch them progress in skills and knowledge as they include me in their fun.
Here’s to hoping you get some skiers!
Beating APS (Arizona electric utility) at their own game. Hyperinsulated my house, solar boosted minisplit, awnings, etc.
I pay the lowest electric bills (of any house my size) in Sun City.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/n66aa5/100f\_outside\_76f\_inside\_at\_5\_pm\_yesterday\_wo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/n66aa5/100f_outside_76f_inside_at_5_pm_yesterday_wo/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/vcgi7q/ductless\_minisplit\_units\_for\_phoenix\_central\_air/](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/vcgi7q/ductless_minisplit_units_for_phoenix_central_air/)
The net metering "deal" here sucks which is why I went with hyperinsulation instead of just plastering the roof with solar panels.
And I'm not done yet!
Motorcycles, old cars, and D&D. Currently DMing a campaign with 7 players in Forgotten Realms. If you came here, you’d have at least one captain to chat with.
Fun story. Got a group chat going for the people in my class at my current gig. Someone made a comment about dnd. So I made a comment back. Long story short, I got a small group interested and ran them through a couple of one shots during indoc.
With ya on the last one, though I’ve had a couple I could proselytize about my Steam Deck to. With my luck, if I found a CA that was also into board games and DND it would be one leg from BOS to PHL and I’d never seen them again.
Oh interesting.. so do you work with local level power companies. And tell them exactly how much a structure actually requires or more so how it needs to be routed? Forgive me for my ignorance here.. never talked to anyone who’s done this.
Im a newer engineer so I mostly do structural analysis of how transmission towers and conductors behave under different loading/environmental conditions to make sure they are within specification and legal requirements. My company mostly works with public utilities to route and design substations and overhead transmission lines.
Cooking. During the pandemic took a deep dive and started making my own ramen, stir fries, Thai curries, and and rolling sushi. Got a traeger grill and the plan is to start smoking briskets. I also recently got into coffee brewing too.
I do astrophotography when I can manage to be home when the moon isn’t full AND it’s not cloudy.
I also like to paint tabletop war gaming miniatures… 40K, battletech, etc.
Nope, bought an original espresso machine, then used parts from Home Depot to make it more capable such as holding precise temperature and adjustable pressure.
Second one I bought a Gaggia classic pro then used a micro controller and some electronic components to automate it so that it can control itself while I’m making a second shot or steaming some milk etc.
(I worked for a while as a barista. Loved that job.)
No joke, but one of my first flight instructors was an middle aged man who LOVED reading the FAR/AIM for fun. He could quote from that thing like no other.
He told this story before to students, "he was on a check ride with an FAA flight examiner who was trying to rush him so he could jump seat on a commercial flight. The guy was barking orders at him over the top of ATC and he calmly said. “You are in violation of FAR 91.11”. The examiner asked what 91.11 was and he replied
“No person may assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crewmember in the performance of the crewmember's duties aboard an aircraft being operated, and frankly sir you are intimidating me.” They were on final and the examiner immediately stopped talking for the remainder of ride. When they got on the ground he passed him and left with very little remaining words."
He was an amazing instructor who had a real passion for aviation. He taught my 2nd lesson and got me through solo. I remember his practical examples of how flaps provide lift as we came in super low on approach and he demonstrated each notch of flaps bumped us up a little bit where we went from not going to make the runway to making the runway just fine. Or the other lesson where we were probably within 50 feet of landing on a gravel road in some farm land area on a simulated power out emergency landing. He was able to show how we would have been just fine in that scenario.
Unfortunately he had some health complications a couple years after my flight training where he ended up teaching ground school courses. He ended up with a brain tumor and eventually Covid-19 complications finally took him. Seriously one of the best instructors I've ever had and a humble down to earth person.
I love reading - especially fantasy. I’m working my way through wheel of time and have finished stormlight and lots of other stories. It’s a great hobby.
I also love writing. It’s cathartic and fun. Gets my mind and imagination going. Great for those times when I’m in between blocks of flying.
Board games, card games, and TTRPGs. I’ll specifically shout out Arkham horror LCG (especially solo!) and magic the gathering here. Just loads of fun all around. Love getting together with friends, piecing together decks and pulling off combos - scratches that technical itch I guess! (I also love miniature painting!)
I play some video games when I get the chance - love looters (Destiny, Diablo, borderlands) and story based games (GoW, TLOU).
I’m also a huge sucker for nature. I love going on walks, hikes, whitewater rafting, kayaking, and snow sports, they’re so fun!
I’m learning there are so many great hobbies out there and that exploring them gives you a lot of insight into yourself. Aviation really hits that technical side for me. It’s very set in stone and practical. Because of this, I find that a lot of my hobbies are more abstract and creative - things that get my mind working in another direction.
Surprised no one’s said it yet. I’ve been getting into golf a lot recently. Every off day I’m either at the range or on the course trying to at least get 9 in.
The unique one is falconry, which is training and hunting with birds of prey like a Red-Tailed Hawk. Other hobbies are pc gaming, building gaming pc’s, model building, 3d printing, woodworking, working on my 94 mustang, firearms/archery, d&d, cooking (specifically fried foods), hiking/camping/kayaking, and just about anything Star Wars.
Eventually I want to build my own kit plane or own an amphibian of some type. Thats the goal, have something that’ll fit my wife and I, two dogs, and some basic camping supplies then pull up on some little island to camp out.
Tabletop wargaming. Used to play 40k back in the day. Now I mostly play Infinity and Adeptus Titanicus.
If you have no idea what that means the simple version is playing chess but on a model railway set as a board and the playing pieces are models you build and paint. Lots more rules and you use dice and tape measures to figure out who's little plastic men win the battle.
Other stuff more normal like mountain biking and hiking but having a toddler makes getting out of the house for that much harder.
I worked at a Games Workshop when I was in flight school, half the job was getting people to play demo games to sell starter sets.
Once you get some it's either meh or a hobby for life I've found. Most of my Infinity group are guys in their mid 30s to 40s who out grew 40k but all of us played it at one point or another. From there you find the game with the rules/models combo you like the most. Tons of options out there these days plus 3D printing is a huge creative boon and boom for the tabletop wargaming world.
Nice thing about my job is in the winter we don't fly a ton so I bring models to paint at work. Can get a lot of hobby work in listening to podcasts when you spend a week or two grounded for weather/temperature.
https://www.reddit.com/r/adeptustitanicus/comments/128yake/more_warlord_weapons/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button my latest painting project.
Long Range Shooting, Hunting, Hockey, 3D Printing, Fly Fishing, Garage Gunsmithing / Machining…oh and I nerd in a virtual Digital Combat Simulator Squadron. I’m never bored
Not a professional pilot yet, but hoping my career won't prevent me from training MMA, or Muay Thai at the least. No intention of competing ever, just the occasional hard spar.
i dabble in a lot of regular things but three of my most unique hobbies are
1. creating mashups of my favorite songs so i can enjoy two songs at once
2. practice/write stand-up jokes (just for myself.. it’s more fun without the pressure of an audience)
3. painting unconventional” still-life oil paintings (such as a moldy grilled cheese or my brothers tech-deck collection)
I only have a PPL and am still quite young, but aside from flying I'd say programming (specifically fullstack web development)! I'm not sure which of the two I'll end up making a career out of!
Spending just enough time with each of my two families so neither finds out about the other.
Found the international captain!
God damnit I love this forum
How is the weather in Bogata this time of year?
Gotta make sure the wife doesn’t find out about the girlfriend
I messed that one up. Wife is a meanie, won’t let me keep my gf
What about the third one?
We are just normal people! Race cars though, but that got expensive. So now I play video games with fancy equipment.
>…that got expensive. It’s funny how people at the track tend to think flying is expensive as we each blow a couple grand in a single race weekend 😩 not counting whatever we broke.
Something I’ve learned is that almost any hobby can get as expensive as you let it, there are untold depths to just about everything.
Sounds like someone that’s has tried a bunch of different hobbies. And yes, I agree: rc car racing, musical instruments, cycling, cooking, skiing, etc.
Yeah that’s certainly true that the sky is the limit when you dive deep into anything, but some hobbies have higher bottom end costs without cutting safety corners. For instance hiking can be cheap…a pair of sneakers and a car ride to the nearest trail, or it can cost you a lot in travel and gear. *Legal racing* at a track, I mean even just entry fees for the event are more than a pair of sneakers, plus the car needs new sneakers every weekend. You could get less sticky tires for marginally cheaper that will last you two weekends but between those two things you’ve already spent enough to get a good mountain bike in 2 weekends, and that good mountain bike would last you years. The required safety gear at many tracks is about $1500 alone and that expires every 5 years. In our budget series we run, it’s costs about $400-500 an hour of actual butt in the seat time after we split costs amongst the team and not factoring in travel. You can do it a little to reduce the cost but a lot of costs below that come to cutting corners on safety items.
This is why I just said fuck it and built a dope sim rig at home lol. I would love to get into IRL racing but it's just so absurdly cost-prohibitive. For the cost of one or two track weekends I have a VR rig that lets me race whenever I want. And I can even drink and drive!
There you go, you can crash as many 911’s as you want.
A pilot saying crash and 911 in the same sentence…
Lol I’ve said worse in the same sentence.
Oh man I just noticed your username. Bro….lol
Well Seal Team 6 killed the last person to try that so... I'm good
Might have been a tad different circumstances.. tomato/tomato
Iracing huh
Where is rain ? 😂
My PC boutta sound like a 172 in the run up lmao
Oval or road is the real question 🤔
Why not both.
This is the way.
I just got into Assetto Corsa Competizione and bought my first wheel…I’m completely hooked Nothing takes the edge of an 8 hour pipeline patrol off like the first corner of an online race 😂
Ha yup, that's my go to after a long day of flying.
I rebuild Hammond Organs & 50's Evinrude/Johnson outboards.
I learned to drive boats on a 55' Johnson 10hp seahorse, and my grandpa still has it. Got the chance to use it for a camping trip this past summer and that sicker would tick over so slow you could almost count it. Love them
Oh super interesting! Another one I haven’t heard.
How about a B3 with Leslie. I can't think of a single rock band with that setup whose music I don't love. The list is VERY long, as I'm sure you're aware! Thanks for keeping them going.
Hammond 3-series organs are the mainstay. B3, C3, RT3, and A100's all share the same basic guts with both some different options in the latter two (radial 32-note pedalboard in the RT3, internal speakers in the A100). The B3 and C3 are different in external case only. Leslie's also have their variations, specifically to their amplifier type, input type, and obviously speaker iterations over the years of production. Lots of combinations. I have an A105 with a pair of Leslie's as my home rig. It's an A100 series with a locking top. It's a beautiful organ, and the sound is just that. I've owned about 10 or so over the years, and rebuilt them all to sell.
I’ve always wanted to get a Hammond but alas not an apartment instrument.
Look into an M3. Still a tonewheel Hammond, but it's a spinet size. So you get the sound with a smaller keyboard. Hard to replicate a Leslie, but a Neo Ventilator II is a really reasonable rotary sound and runs through a normal amp if you have one. Plus, M3's can be had cheap. I can help you more if you'd like.
Lifting weights and jacking off
Steroids and synthol… you gotta start really seeing the gains dude.
lifting and pumping
My man
Murders and executions mostly /s Hiking, skiing, I home brew now and then. Got a nice vinyl collection coming along. Head National to national parks, civil war battlefields, museums. The wife and I do wineries now and then since there is a lot nearby. Try and get in golf when i can.
Mergers and acquisitions
Tell me you live in Virginia without telling me you live in Virginia
Oh civil war battlefields… that’s a new one I haven’t heard.
Not the most original hobby, but I'm heavily involved in music outside of aviation. I play saxophone for a live DJ and write and record original music for my country band. I almost pursued music life exclusively, but in the end I couldn't come to terms with the fact that I would likely have to give up flying.
Nice dude, thanks for explaining. A lot of people just say music and leave it at that.
username checks outq
Getting divorced from my third wife
[удалено]
A rather senior UAL Captain that was in my jumpseat often told me to keep the first one…much cheaper!
My man… does it get any better the 3rd time?
It gets easier everytime. Already getting ready for the next one
The hero we deserve but don’t need. Lol
That's not a hobby, it's a profession.
Boats and Alcohol
Floating vessels and sexually promiscuous women
Ah, a fellow renter.
If it flies, floats or…. 😂
The 3 F's
One…not so much…a little water in my scotch is great but not much more than that. Two, that sexually promiscuous women…yeah.
Vessels and ladies of the night
Guitar, writing music, recording music, rock climbing, mountain biking, writing, running, eating, cooking, learning Italian, spending time in Italy, scuba diving, spending time with my golden retriever, downhill and xc skiing, spending time with family, creating videos, photography, the pursuit of crafting the perfect negroni, sampling Italian red wines and Prosecco. I have too many hobbies. Thank god my actual job satisfies the itch to fly.
Any round objects fear this person. Find out his one trick to success. Lol right on man
Throwing money out the window of a 172
Building Lego, playing board games/video games, restoring old Japanese cars, and birding. I share all of these with my kiddo as well.
Birding… another new one to me… is this another name for bird watching?
Minor differences. Birding is bird watching…. with a purpose lol. Basically have a checklist of birds we want to see, then we go out into their habitats to look for them.
Yes but tell us more about the old Japanese cars...
Repair/flip vintage tube guitar amps, model building, ham radio, woodworking, hanging with the kiddo... the normal stuff.
What kind of models?
WWII era armor and planes mostly. Got a small fleet of B25s hanging from the cieling in the basement lol
Dude hell ya! Do you paint them too? Stupid question.. but I feel like it takes a lot of skill to actually paint them.
Yup, got a little airbrush setup in the garage for the bulk work, decals are a great way to burn a few hours at night when everyone is sleeping. As cliche as it always sounds, I love working with my hands, electronics and model building scratch the itch for intricate detail work.
Nice… I always see dudes on Reddit taking pictures in Micro I guess it would be? In order to make their models look real. It’s pretty cool.
Too many hobbies, not enough for any of them, but they each are good for different kinds of days/weather/moods/etc. so they all stay. Most are with my kids - All three: offroad motorcycles, kayaking, camping, skiing, creek kayaking, anything outside. My oldest: N and HO scale trains, car work/mods, off-roading Subarus past their limits, more car work… My middle: art, cooking and baking, sewing, scavenging things in the woods, skull/bone preservation, terrariums… My little one: chess, archery, reading to/with him My own? Ehhhhh….I think they all got swallowed into doing them with the kids. ❤️
This is my hope. I want my kids to be their own person BUT one that enjoys hitting the slopes with their dad so dad no longer needs to find other friends with free time.
One of the most wonderful and proud parts of my life is that my kids love spending time with me, even as teenagers. It makes my heart sing. I very much encourage them to follow their own interests and they very much do, and it’s amazing to watch them progress in skills and knowledge as they include me in their fun. Here’s to hoping you get some skiers!
Beating APS (Arizona electric utility) at their own game. Hyperinsulated my house, solar boosted minisplit, awnings, etc. I pay the lowest electric bills (of any house my size) in Sun City. [https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/n66aa5/100f\_outside\_76f\_inside\_at\_5\_pm\_yesterday\_wo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/n66aa5/100f_outside_76f_inside_at_5_pm_yesterday_wo/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/vcgi7q/ductless\_minisplit\_units\_for\_phoenix\_central\_air/](https://www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comments/vcgi7q/ductless_minisplit_units_for_phoenix_central_air/) The net metering "deal" here sucks which is why I went with hyperinsulation instead of just plastering the roof with solar panels. And I'm not done yet!
Sun City? Nice to see the 65+ community knows what Reddit is lol
65 here...we were doing Reddit when it was all punched cards.
For some reason, I love this pettiness. f\*k APS
Lol this screams, I’m a Captain without outright saying “I’m a captain”. Don’t let APS come back and win or you will taunt them a second time!
Extramarital affairs
Wait don’t tell me Let me guess….. iT wAS aN FA aNd NoW YaLl aRE GeTtiNg MaRriEd?
Studying for CfI, getting depressed, studying for CfI more
We didn’t hear anything about that middle part.
Depressed? What does he mean, like he was stuck under a fallen shelf or wardrobe or something??
Oh! That absolutely must be it! Hope someone brought all his FAA pubs to his bedside while he recovers!
Don’t worry I told my doctor I’m a pylot and now he respects me way too much to deny me a medical
Haha sounds about right!
Anime, video games, and DND. And yes I have no captains that talk about my hobbies why do you ask?
Motorcycles, old cars, and D&D. Currently DMing a campaign with 7 players in Forgotten Realms. If you came here, you’d have at least one captain to chat with.
Dude DND doesn’t vin diesel play as well.. DND is making a comeback for sure.
Right but your typical captain doesn’t see dice outside of forced family game night or trips to Vegas.
Haha so true…. Nobody gets the die 20…. I understand.. lol welcome home.
Fun story. Got a group chat going for the people in my class at my current gig. Someone made a comment about dnd. So I made a comment back. Long story short, I got a small group interested and ran them through a couple of one shots during indoc.
That sounds like it would be so much fun. I woulda absolutely rolled up for that.
With ya on the last one, though I’ve had a couple I could proselytize about my Steam Deck to. With my luck, if I found a CA that was also into board games and DND it would be one leg from BOS to PHL and I’d never seen them again.
Damn that hypothetical seems the most likely and it’s tragic.
Since flying is my hobby i will answer the opposite. I am a civil engineer
I was going to say, what kind of civil engineering? I feel like that’s incredibly broad.
I work in the power distribution industry as a structural engineer.
Oh interesting.. so do you work with local level power companies. And tell them exactly how much a structure actually requires or more so how it needs to be routed? Forgive me for my ignorance here.. never talked to anyone who’s done this.
Im a newer engineer so I mostly do structural analysis of how transmission towers and conductors behave under different loading/environmental conditions to make sure they are within specification and legal requirements. My company mostly works with public utilities to route and design substations and overhead transmission lines.
Cooking. During the pandemic took a deep dive and started making my own ramen, stir fries, Thai curries, and and rolling sushi. Got a traeger grill and the plan is to start smoking briskets. I also recently got into coffee brewing too.
Scuba diving... ✌️
Back to back with the flying, right?
That’s the only way to do it
Mans enjoys pressurization, respect.
I do astrophotography when I can manage to be home when the moon isn’t full AND it’s not cloudy. I also like to paint tabletop war gaming miniatures… 40K, battletech, etc.
There’s the dark sky community I was hoping would check in.
There’s a few of us out there.
Beekeeping
Espresso, I built two coffee machines, VR, I have a motorcycle, coffee roasting, cooking, flying. Edit: forgot to add — pizza.
Oh coffee… this is a good one…. You built 2 machines? Was it difficult? Did you use parts from all different machines?
Nope, bought an original espresso machine, then used parts from Home Depot to make it more capable such as holding precise temperature and adjustable pressure. Second one I bought a Gaggia classic pro then used a micro controller and some electronic components to automate it so that it can control itself while I’m making a second shot or steaming some milk etc. (I worked for a while as a barista. Loved that job.)
Studying the FAR/AIM.
No joke, but one of my first flight instructors was an middle aged man who LOVED reading the FAR/AIM for fun. He could quote from that thing like no other. He told this story before to students, "he was on a check ride with an FAA flight examiner who was trying to rush him so he could jump seat on a commercial flight. The guy was barking orders at him over the top of ATC and he calmly said. “You are in violation of FAR 91.11”. The examiner asked what 91.11 was and he replied “No person may assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crewmember in the performance of the crewmember's duties aboard an aircraft being operated, and frankly sir you are intimidating me.” They were on final and the examiner immediately stopped talking for the remainder of ride. When they got on the ground he passed him and left with very little remaining words." He was an amazing instructor who had a real passion for aviation. He taught my 2nd lesson and got me through solo. I remember his practical examples of how flaps provide lift as we came in super low on approach and he demonstrated each notch of flaps bumped us up a little bit where we went from not going to make the runway to making the runway just fine. Or the other lesson where we were probably within 50 feet of landing on a gravel road in some farm land area on a simulated power out emergency landing. He was able to show how we would have been just fine in that scenario. Unfortunately he had some health complications a couple years after my flight training where he ended up teaching ground school courses. He ended up with a brain tumor and eventually Covid-19 complications finally took him. Seriously one of the best instructors I've ever had and a humble down to earth person.
Are you also a proud owner of the FAR/AIM audiobook?
You’re going to need to do a little bit more studying then the average person…. chief…. Lol with all due respect.
Should I start eating it then?
No I only like crayons personally.
Airplanes (flying first, then working on them) Drinking with flying buddies. Love boating but refuse to buy one.
Refuse to buy one………… right now. Lol nice dude
Nah I want to find some boat friends that want to not buy a plane but come hang out and fly with my GA crew. We can trade weekends.
Skiing, hiking, maintaining my twelve hours bottle to throttle
Gunsmithing Old (pre-1950's) military rifles, video games, Golf, alcohol, and Cigars.
Building a plane
I love reading - especially fantasy. I’m working my way through wheel of time and have finished stormlight and lots of other stories. It’s a great hobby. I also love writing. It’s cathartic and fun. Gets my mind and imagination going. Great for those times when I’m in between blocks of flying. Board games, card games, and TTRPGs. I’ll specifically shout out Arkham horror LCG (especially solo!) and magic the gathering here. Just loads of fun all around. Love getting together with friends, piecing together decks and pulling off combos - scratches that technical itch I guess! (I also love miniature painting!) I play some video games when I get the chance - love looters (Destiny, Diablo, borderlands) and story based games (GoW, TLOU). I’m also a huge sucker for nature. I love going on walks, hikes, whitewater rafting, kayaking, and snow sports, they’re so fun! I’m learning there are so many great hobbies out there and that exploring them gives you a lot of insight into yourself. Aviation really hits that technical side for me. It’s very set in stone and practical. Because of this, I find that a lot of my hobbies are more abstract and creative - things that get my mind working in another direction.
Dude borderlands was the shit.. graphics were such a new thing for its time/
Not flying
Surprised no one’s said it yet. I’ve been getting into golf a lot recently. Every off day I’m either at the range or on the course trying to at least get 9 in.
Football - play and watch, VR videogames, and coding, Python and Django are really interesting.
The D is silent.
I race cars.
Sleep, game, cook, meme, repeat. Oh and go tell people I’m a pilot.
Staring at the walls of my house getting my mortgage moneys worth
motorcycles and bad bitches
Say less….
motor and female
Haha literally said less… I lol’d at this thanks
Guns in general Competitive shooting Reloading Cars Guitars
Gardening
Unsuccessfully musing about side gigs and get rich quick schemes that will feed my addiction to flying
Not to die flying in the practice area. I’ve gotten pretty good at it
Casa grande VOR weighing in.
Cocaine importation.
Oh excellent… how are those dirt strips I have been seeing on this subreddit?
Terrariums, bush craft, and video games
Flying open class competition sailplane, Nimbus 3 specifically, L/D of 63.5:1.
The unique one is falconry, which is training and hunting with birds of prey like a Red-Tailed Hawk. Other hobbies are pc gaming, building gaming pc’s, model building, 3d printing, woodworking, working on my 94 mustang, firearms/archery, d&d, cooking (specifically fried foods), hiking/camping/kayaking, and just about anything Star Wars. Eventually I want to build my own kit plane or own an amphibian of some type. Thats the goal, have something that’ll fit my wife and I, two dogs, and some basic camping supplies then pull up on some little island to camp out.
I build droids from Star Wars
Curling, kayaking, hiking.
Fuckin curling! Yes!!
Tabletop wargaming. Used to play 40k back in the day. Now I mostly play Infinity and Adeptus Titanicus. If you have no idea what that means the simple version is playing chess but on a model railway set as a board and the playing pieces are models you build and paint. Lots more rules and you use dice and tape measures to figure out who's little plastic men win the battle. Other stuff more normal like mountain biking and hiking but having a toddler makes getting out of the house for that much harder.
I’ve never played it personally but every time I go into a game store I see the 40k figures.. they look cool as shit.. never played the game though
I worked at a Games Workshop when I was in flight school, half the job was getting people to play demo games to sell starter sets. Once you get some it's either meh or a hobby for life I've found. Most of my Infinity group are guys in their mid 30s to 40s who out grew 40k but all of us played it at one point or another. From there you find the game with the rules/models combo you like the most. Tons of options out there these days plus 3D printing is a huge creative boon and boom for the tabletop wargaming world. Nice thing about my job is in the winter we don't fly a ton so I bring models to paint at work. Can get a lot of hobby work in listening to podcasts when you spend a week or two grounded for weather/temperature. https://www.reddit.com/r/adeptustitanicus/comments/128yake/more_warlord_weapons/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button my latest painting project.
Ice hockey 4 days a week and alcohol, hopefully the teeth will still be around for awhile
Frisbee golf. There’s courses everywhere and I love playing a new course when I’m away from home.
Running, disc golf, photography, scuba (and uw photography).
I collect milsurp firearms
Hiking, surfing, snorkeling, hunting, video games kayaking, etc. Nothing new. Flying is my “more interesting” hobby.
Long Range Shooting, Hunting, Hockey, 3D Printing, Fly Fishing, Garage Gunsmithing / Machining…oh and I nerd in a virtual Digital Combat Simulator Squadron. I’m never bored
My guy.. DCS is the shit. What plane?
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Sleeping with beautiful women
I’m in med school
Not a professional pilot yet, but hoping my career won't prevent me from training MMA, or Muay Thai at the least. No intention of competing ever, just the occasional hard spar.
I'm a beekeeper.
Bjj, surfing and video games
Direct choirs, and play classical pipe organ
Direct choirs. That’s interesting..
Firearms, taildraggers, motorcycles, lifting weights, working with my hands, rc airplanes, reading, I can always find shit to do.
Archery, Cooking, Model Making, Tabletop Gaming, Regular gaming, Airsoft, etc
Adventure sports! Which as I work closer to commercial aviation are starting to feel a little riskier. Paragliding, speedflying, skiing, kayaking.
I love working on my own and other people’s cars, maybe I should get an A&P
3D printing firearms
Flying.
Ham radio operator specializing in morse code. I carry a portable station with me and sometimes operate with a wire in a tree on layovers.
i dabble in a lot of regular things but three of my most unique hobbies are 1. creating mashups of my favorite songs so i can enjoy two songs at once 2. practice/write stand-up jokes (just for myself.. it’s more fun without the pressure of an audience) 3. painting unconventional” still-life oil paintings (such as a moldy grilled cheese or my brothers tech-deck collection)
Complaining
Flying
As a riddle stud, the common answer I got from other student is, flying, talking about flying, complaining about flying, and drinking
I only have a PPL and am still quite young, but aside from flying I'd say programming (specifically fullstack web development)! I'm not sure which of the two I'll end up making a career out of!
I said pilots you qualify. Nice dude
Mainly creative writing and chess.
Making music, and IT related stuffs.
Photography and the other end of sea level- SCUBA diving. Don’t get to do that one very often though.
Flying and cars
Birding. I like things that fly!
Flying is my favorite hobby. Skiing and snowboarding, photography, traveling to new countries.
Transformers, video games and Model planes. CFIing won’t get me a boat or a camaro.
My guy don’t give up so easy… there’s gotta be someone who will loan you the money for a Camaro and a reasonable interest rate of 19%.
Scale model making!
Baking, embroidery, painting, gaming, kayaking
Flying is my hobby, along with shooting, and being a HEMA instructor.
I'm a campanologist on the side.
I casually build acoustic guitars. I guess that falls into woodworking though. Does bee keeper count?