Great advice, Rowdy!
If you don't mind my curiousity, what kept you from earning $0.5M annually as a heavy-iron pilot? Was the alure of being an electrician greater than your love to fly?
I'm sure after pulling g's as a jock, the heavies would be quite boring, so I understand your reluctance!
I prefer bush flying and don't have much attraction to jets. Keep the prop up front, the wing on top, and the tail (and the stall speed) down low for me!
Pic of my uncle Bill Mauzy's J-3 Cub. My dad learned to fly in this very plane. Bill's on the right and Dave Hershman on the left. From Dave's website.
http://www.eagleswings.net/cub_flight.htm </armchair pilot>
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 01-19-2003).]