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Justin Case wrote:

> Owning your own airplane will make you VERY
> comfortable with flying in short order (be careful to NEVER get TO
> comforable though).

Oh, I dunno.  I own my own airplane, and have flown a dozen or so
900+ mile trips all over the country so far, and I feel pretty much
about like Tina Marie said: sometimes I feel at home in the air,
sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's exciting.  Depends on what
I'm doing, what conditions are etc.  In general I suppose I'm more
comfortable and self-assured than when I had only a hundred hours
or so, but then you see I keep flying into new situations and 
previously unencountered conditions.

Once when I was driving I heard two truckers talking about winter
conditions.  One said now that he was an experienced driver with
three winters under his belt he was getting pretty comfortable.
The other driver drawled "well, I used to be one of them there
experienced drivers I hear about, then 5 years ago I put one in
a ditch.  Now I'm just learnin'".

I guess that's pretty much how I feel about flying.

Snowbird

