The moment of decision.

” It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped” Tony Robbins

Like many times in the last few years, I drove by Kendall Tamiami Regional Airport (KTMB), and inevitably looked up at the small Cessna lifting up after takeoff and now flying just about 200 feet above me while still climbing in altitude. The erratic banking of the wings left and right looked like a new student pilot was flying the small aircraft. The obvious slow rate of climb of a Cessna made the flying look an impossible feat, after all, I am all too used to watching the fast speed of jets taking off from Miami International Airport. As I daydream at the traffic intersection the light turned green and I had to keep driving, which I did while remembering how much I dreamed of piloting an airplane since I was a kid. In an unexpected -even for me- swift decision I turned right and drove into the KTMB airport, as I am passing the planes parked in their assigned positions I sensed the smile on my face. I drove past multiple fly schools and stopped at the last one on the left, ADF. I walked inside still not sure of what to ask but after lingering in the lobby for about 20 minutes the man on the counter approached me and we started talking about obtaining my private pilot license (PPL), 10 mins later I walked out with a pamphlet and a price list. I was going to do this.

“Considering all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, that the moment one definitely commits oneself, THEN providence moves too” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

With a proposal in the neighborhood of $13,000 to complete fly school and obtain my PPL, I started to question additional factors like: do I have the time to do this? Am I too old for learning to fly? I am considering the real risk of losing my life?. All seemingly good questions, but just as real and important was my desire to pilot a plane by myself. So I prayed and dreamed about it for a few days after, I remember telling my self ” Ron remember 4 important letters. Y.O.L.O. 😊

Good company in a journey makes the way shorter. — Izaak Walton