After being hit by a dump truck when I was 28 my wife said if you get another bike you get a divorce. After I sold my plane last year she relented, so after 38 years I renewed my license and found a nice Triumph Speedmaster which I am getting used to riding. As a teenager in South Africa, I had a rice burner, but the ultimate bike was a Triumph Bonneville. How I longed for one of those, so when I found the used Speedmaster close to me I snapped it up. It is much heavier than the Honda CB 400 I used to have, but riding is fun, particularly as I have taken up gliding and use the bike to get to the airport! I look forward to doing some group riding, I just have to find the local Triumph or British bike owners in the Winchester VA area.
Old( well that is relative I guess), but newly reaquainted with riding.
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Welcome to TT and welcome back to the world of two wheels from Florida.
Welcome, from Northern California. When I was learning to soar, I had a lesson from a young lady, of a similar age to me, from South Africa, in Minden Nevada. Her father was a "pro" (competitive) glider pilot, and she was getting her hours to get a commercial pilot's license. In my pilot's logbook, she only used her first name, Sue.As I already have multiple commercial licenses, I will be trying to add a commercial glider license, though how I could conceivably use it I have no idea!
Gliding is a great skill to have...you'll have slightly better survivability if your powered craft conks out. The commercial license is good for teaching and running a glider ops. I used to work as ground crew for a friend that did competitions, and tried to set records, like furthest out-and-back flight for a motorglider flying as a standard glider (without using engine except for take-off). I miss it. When I retire soon, I will try to get my glider license. It is much more costly now than in the mid '80's.
TO TT, glad to see you back in the saddle again.
Welcome to TT from Eastern Canada and back on two wheels.
Have fun and enjoy the ride.
Have fun and enjoy the ride.
