How did you get into Aviation?

MIflyer · 2024-11-23T15:29:01-0500

Viking1066 said:
When I began to develop an interest in Medieval Japan at 12, the interest in he Navy and Army took off.

The fact I was a airplane nut led me to reading about all kinds of distantly related things. For example a book on the Flying Tigers summarized the history of China. As a result when we got into 20th Century History in the 12th grade I was light-years ahead of all my fellow students; it got downright embarrassing at times. I ended up taking the exemption tests for US History in college and got credit for two courses, 6 credits, without ever drakening the door of a college history classroom.

Being an airplane nut also led me to an interest in vintage electronics. I have more WW2 stuff than I do modern day equipment.

Viking1066 · 2024-11-23T18:10:36-0500

MIflyer said:
The fact I was a airplane nut led me to reading about all kinds of distantly related things. For example a book on the Flying Tigers summarized the history of China. As a result when we got into 20th Century History in the 12th grade I was light-years ahead of all my fellow students; it got downright embarrassing at times. I ended up taking the exemption tests for US History in college and got credit for two courses, 6 credits, without ever drakening the door of a college history classroom.

Being an airplane nut also led me to an interest in vintage electronics. I have more WW2 stuff than I do modern day equipment.

It's funny too because it ended up leading me to becoming a teacher. I never wanted to teach kids, but college. Now here I am teaching children the last twelve years.

How did you get into Aviation?

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