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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 4003929" data-attributes="member: 44288">I was actually taken up in the last Cesna 172 ever built and I got to fly it.&nbsp; The pilot was the owner and also owned the first Cessna 172 ever built. After we took off he said, &quot;Put your feet on those pedals and your hands on the yoke and don&#039;t do anything, just follow what I am doing.&quot;&nbsp; OK!Then he took a hand off of the yoke and started to point out things... &quot;This is the artificial horizon, this is your airspeed, this is your engine RPM, this is your throttle...&quot;Yeah, yeah, ok!Then the other hand came off and he continued, This is the radio and the frequency we were using to talk to the tower and the flaps and the trim wheel and the ... &quot;Holy *** I&#039;m flying the plane!He actually let me control the plane for a while showing me a 3 degree turn where we didn&#039;t lose altitude.&nbsp; About an hour later, I got to be pretty good on the turns but he wouldn&#039;t let me land it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 4003929, member: 44288"] I was actually taken up in the last Cesna 172 ever built and I got to fly it. The pilot was the owner and also owned the first Cessna 172 ever built. After we took off he said, "Put your feet on those pedals and your hands on the yoke and don't do anything, just follow what I am doing." OK! Then he took a hand off of the yoke and started to point out things... "This is the artificial horizon, this is your airspeed, this is your engine RPM, this is your throttle..." Yeah, yeah, ok! Then the other hand came off and he continued, This is the radio and the frequency we were using to talk to the tower and the flaps and the trim wheel and the ... " Holy *** I'm flying the plane! He actually let me control the plane for a while showing me a 3 degree turn where we didn't lose altitude. About an hour later, I got to be pretty good on the turns but he wouldn't let me land it. [/QUOTE]

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