# Flying

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372>\
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372 "2011-12-07T01:27:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mozartm99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mozartm99](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mozartm99)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/1 "2011-12-07T01:27:12Z")

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I just found out that I can get my pilots license when I am 16! That would be awesome to be able to fly a plane by myself by th time I can drive. Anyone else thinks that’s awesome.

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**Author:** ![zerrubabbel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zerrubabbel/32/592_2.png) [@zerrubabbel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zerrubabbel)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/2 "2011-12-07T02:44:50Z")

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you can get a gliders permit at 14 i believe… at least get the basics down… and also, getting a pilots license will be much more expensive than driving… your talking thousands of dollars for a private pilots license… and upwards of a dozen or so thousand for an instrument rating

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**Author:** ![mozartm99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mozartm99](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mozartm99)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/3 "2011-12-07T04:40:23Z")

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Yeah i know. It was more of just a fantasy. But it would be cool.

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/4 "2011-12-07T05:18:06Z")

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I don’t know what the costs of insurance would be or the prices of airplane fuel, or hangaring and maintenance… just sounds like a money pit to me, or at least OWNING a plane.

Now, getting a pilot’s license itself would be cool.

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**Author:** ![mozartm99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mozartm99](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mozartm99)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/5 "2011-12-07T05:24:44Z")

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I wouldnt buy a plane. I live by a place that lets you fly their planes if you have a license I think. But still the expences would be crazy. That’s why it was just a fantasy.

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**Author:** ![buddhakeith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/67e7ee/32.png) [@buddhakeith](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/buddhakeith)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/6 "2011-12-08T01:52:34Z")

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gliders licence is 15 i believe, and I’m pretty sure its 17 to solo. And yes, lessons alone for a sport certificate can get up to $15,000. Couple that with the price of buying a plane (anywhere from $12,000 to a couple hundred million), plus gas ($6/gallon), plus landing fees, hangar fees, maintenance (replacing the handle… just the handle of the door of a plane can cost $300), it adds up to alot.  
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It give you so much freedom, and is a ton of fun. I’m currently working towards my sport certificate, and while theres no chance of me owning a plane anytime soon, its just something awesome to have

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**Author:** ![yoyoavenger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoavenger/32/884_2.png) [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/flying/32372/7 "2011-12-08T20:36:54Z")

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I asked my dad about it a few years ago, and he just gave me a look.