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How many Prius owners are also pilots?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Harold Bien, Feb 24, 2010.

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How many Prius drivers are also pilots?

  1. Not a pilot (yet) but interested in aviation

    1 vote(s)
    10.0%

  2. Student pilot

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. Private pilot/Sport pilot

    3 vote(s)
    30.0%

  4. Commercial pilot (including ATP)

    1 vote(s)
    10.0%

  5. Instructor pilot

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Military pilot/aviator

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. RC pilot

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Airplane

    3 vote(s)
    30.0%

  9. Rotorcraft

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Glider

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  11. Lighter-than-air

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  12. Current (medical, etc.)

    3 vote(s)
    30.0%

  13. Retired (lapsed medical, etc.)

    3 vote(s)
    30.0%

  14. Instrument rated (or equivalent)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  15. Owns/Flies/Likes technologically advanced AIRCRAFT

    1 vote(s)
    10.0%

  16. Owns/drives/likes a Prius

    5 vote(s)
    50.0%

  17. Owns/drives/likes another hybrid

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  18. Owns/drives/likes a technologically advanced VEHICLE

    1 vote(s)
    10.0%

  19. Not a pilot and not interested in aviation

    1 vote(s)
    10.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Harold Bien

    Harold Bien Member

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    Saw a similar, long-running thread about those who both drive Prius and are pilots. Figured why not summarize the results in a poll so we don't have to scroll through 13 pages? And is there some association between being a pilot or desiring to be one and the same desire to drive a Prius?

    For the record, I'm a private pilot (PP), airplane, single-engine, land (ASEL) - about the most basic you can get, with ~100hrs mostly in C172s, biding my time for an instrument rating.
     
    #1 Harold Bien, Feb 24, 2010
  2. neilz

    neilz Member

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    I'm an astronut.:rolleyes:
     
    #2 neilz, Feb 24, 2010
  3. TheForce

    TheForce Stop War! Lets Rave! Make Love!

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    Location:
    Wheelersburg, Ohio
    Vehicle:
    2006 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    I've always wanted to get my license but never had the time or money. I think I have logged more hours in computer flight sims than driving a car.
     
    #3 TheForce, Feb 24, 2010
  4. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    Nineteen choices and not one of them matches me: Former student pilot. Passed ground school and passed the written exam. Soloed a Piper Tripacer (circa 1964) but had to quit flying lessons when my step-father sold his airplane. Never went back to it.

    Circa 1974-5 considered getting a license in order to become a crop sprayer in North Dakota, jobs being hard to come by in rural N.D., but abandoned that idea when I realized that all the crop sprayers I knew (a lot of farmers do their own spraying) had crashed at least once.
     
    #4 daniel, Feb 25, 2010
  5. jayman

    jayman Senior Member

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    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Gave up flying when the costs just became too extreme for me to justify continued involvement. My share in a local flying club was $8,900 plus $35 per hour plus fuel
     
    #5 jayman, Feb 25, 2010
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