Thanks for the warm welcome Cass, Vagabond, and Nightflyer. My ultimate goal is to do SEAT training. There is a school in Louisiana that offers it in a turbine Thrush. Problem is i haven't flown in 12 years (since losing my hearing). At that point i had to switch careers/aspirations. I ended up in a very fine niche of the insurance business (basically selling tax dodges to banks) and have done pretty well. I merged my company into a much bigger company last month and still have some time that i need to spend (as per the merger agreement). SO...hopefully next week i will go and rent an Aeronca Champ (we have one for rent) and see if i still can fly and if my feet still work (rudders are vital with the training wheels off!). I am excited that i can get an unrestricted medical and can pursue my dream again. It helps that i sold the company.

Vagabond - Your work in Cochlear implant development is appreciated! Words can't really describe what it feels like to get your life back. My deafness happened suddenly - lost all but 15% hearing in one ear over a span of two weeks. After that i used hearing aids for 10 years untill they just didn't work anymore. The implant has come a long way - I am now testing a device that offers 120 channels. I owe a great debt to you and everyone over the years that has taken part in this important research. Since I hated deafness, i decided to get involved years ago and serve as Chairman of an Ear Institute here - we have implanted around 700 people, many of them children. The ones that really get me are the dual impaired kids - blind and deaf - that we are able to implant. We had one finish her first year of MAINSTREAM kindergarten this year!

Sorry for the longwindedness about things off topic! From now on I promise to keep to the subject of Airplanes, Hotties who dig pilots, and Hotties who fly (Falcon and Cass!).