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Matthew_Merrill
3/8/2019 1:57pm
3/8/2019 1:57pm
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3/15/2019 9:16am
Are there any guys on here that fly for a living? I recently finished my instrument rating and should have my commercial rating by the end of summer. I’m getting to the point where I don’t want to keep racing in fear of getting a head injury and loosing my medical. I’m curious to hear if there are any guys that have been flying for a while and still feel like dirt bikes are worth the risk.
Sorry I've got nothing constructive to add
I think Barcia has a 182 he flies. He has his Private as well
The Shop
All this being said you can get a head injury doing anything. An old coworker has been off work for years after standing up under a metal deck and smashing his head at work. This wasn't an aviation related job either. Shit happens.
Need for Speed, anyone
Eat aviation, S@“$ Aviation, sleep aviation, and the rest of DV’quote.
Once you get where you want to go then by all means.
Thank you btw
I’m back riding now with no intentions of racing, but I am having a blast! It is pretty nice having a lot better safety equipment than I ever had as a youngster, as well as a lot more cognitive approach to riding than I did back then.
Good luck!
Pit Row
I’ve been told by a fighter pilot friend that in a military survey they discovered that the no 1 thing most fighter pilots had in common was growing up riding dirt scooters. The hand/eye coordination has a certain amount of crossover.
As far as your medical, I’ve probably got a slight chance of losing it from getting injured, and a 100% chance of losing it to high blood pressure or diabetes if I didn’t ride to keep active.
I’m not disciplined enough to just work out, and if I can, I’d love to fly another 16 years!!
Well my son just turned 10 in February, and he is really into dirt bikes, and wants nothing to do with flying, so now at the ripe old age of 34, I continue to fly and love it, but also just got back into a bike setup. I firmly believe in proper risk management, as all pilots do, and feel that there is plenty of rationalization one way or the other, what it came down to for me is nobody can predict the future, there are a lot of things completely beyond your control that can cause you to lose your medical, and unless you are under contract prohibiting involvement in sports, I would keep going. Just as easy to fall playing racket ball and hit your head. Could be on the golf course and stray ball could hit you in the head. Wear your gear, and enjoy life!
Manage the risk the best you can and do what makes you happy.
Was eyeing the Supercross Futures and some Arena Cross. Narrow crowded track, concrete walls, one guy goes down, get landed on, nope. Be as smart as you can, but can’t control everything, live your life.
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