This week was pretty much a repeat of last week - more academics - more school. It's all going to come to an end on Tuesday when I go up for my "dollar ride."
Some of you may be wondering, what is a dollar ride? Here's how it works. After a student pilot receives his first ride, he gives the instructor who flew with him a dollar. The dollar is personalized by the student, thanking the instructor for their first ride.
Sometimes the dollar accompanies a bottle of booze or parts of the aircraft (if the flight really went wrong.) For example, the dollar I gave to my instructor for T-6's had two tires with it. (I landed pretty hard and maintenance had to replace the tires.)
This tradition dates back to county fairs of the early 1900s. Barnstormer pilots charged a dollar for customers to ride in the front seat and act as if they were the pilot.
For those of you wondering what this dollar ride will be like, it will NOT be like this:
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