Well, when I was a kid, my Dad got really into R/C Airplanes (Nice one, Chris
) and he got me one.
Fast forward to High School, when I took a ground school course. The "Intro flight" with the school was something like $60 for 15 minutes of flight time.
My Dad's cousing (CFI) did us a lot better with the price and flight time, so we went on a flight with him. This got my Dad hooked, so I like to say that he got me started, and I got him started.
My major is Aviation (commercial pilot), but I'm going to have to drop it.
I've posted here about my headaches before... apparently either the headaches or the stuff I'm on to treat them is an FAA no-no, so there you have it. The birth and death of a college major.
My Dad is still at it -- he should have his Commercial by the end of the month, and his Multi-Engine not too long after that. Then he's going for his CFI rating.
To keep it somewhat on topic, if I could have made it to the cockpit of a commercial jet, I would carry.
P.S. A guy that my roommate and I (roommate had the same major) knew owns Nordic-Track and all those fancy companies, and he has a Gulfstream GIII. He let us ride with him to a celebrity golf tournament in Mesa -- from Logan, Utah to Mesa, Arizona in an hour.
You can't believe the
thrust!