Morning Folks, just wanted to say hello. I am a new Sport pilot (38.5 hours)here in pennsylvania and have mostly flown in low wing LSA. Last week, I took my first flight in a j3 and then in a taylorcraft and i'm officially hooked on the tailwheel. This week, I begin learning to land the tailwheel. There is plenty of "backcountry" flying right here in pa and more grass strips than I ever imagined. So, with that said, in the near future I plan to own a kitfox or avid. The fun has just begun

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Welcome! Have loads of fun with your new adventure!

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Thanks guys, this is something I NEVER thought I would do. You see, heights are my biggest life fear. Some days I still get quite scared and anxious up there but in a way that feels so liberating. I race stock cars here in pa and have for 17 years. Now that im flying, the race car is soon to be headed out the door and replaced with hopefully a kitfox or avid.

Welcome! Those are great first planes (because there will be many). Stay anxious, it will keep you safe, the best pilot I’ve flown with was a Red Bull ralley car driver. There’s a ton of resources here on tips, techniques, and training as well as info on both planes. Good luck!


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Haha Rob! That’s awesome.

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frantzracing0 wrote:Thanks guys, this is something I NEVER thought I would do. You see, heights are my biggest life fear. Some days I still get quite scared and anxious up there but in a way that feels so liberating. I race stock cars here in pa and have for 17 years. Now that im flying, the race car is soon to be headed out the door and replaced with hopefully a kitfox or avid.

Welcome here.
I am also terrified of heights, but for some reason being in the plane doesn't bother me at all. I think you'd be surprised by how many pilots are scared of heights.

Rob, that is great! Haha.

David

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The avid and the kitfox have grabbed my attention simply because you seem to get a lot of plane for the cost. Heck, I saw used ones as low as 14k

You'd be surprised at how many pilots are afraid of heights. I'm almost paralyzed by heights--but not in an airplane. My Sis and I used to go backpacking together. She has no fear, so she'd sometimes lead me to some place that had a 50 or 60 foot drop-off--and I toughed through it until the time she wanted to show me a large petroglyph panel that required traversing a route that had a couple hundred foot drop-off. I had to tell her to go on by herself--I just couldn't do it.

But I've flown small airplanes at dizzying heights AGL, like at FL230 over Nebraska, without ever a qualm. I have no problem flying through the passes between peaks. But if I were to be standing on one of those rock outcroppings that I've flown past, I'd be frozen.

You'll get a lot of good advice here--with occasionally some crap thrown in. There are a lot of good pilots, and in my experience going to a few fly-ins, they're good people, too.

Cary