To Learn How To Fly

If you wanted to learn how to fly, Nebraska is the perfect place. No, I am not going to say it will make your flying lessons easier. If you want easy, try Florida or Arizona. Nebraska is the perfect place because of one of the great spirits of the Sioux Indians. It's the North wind.

Nebraska is almost always windy. For a pilot, that means lots of cross controlled cross wind landings and in the early stages, a cross and jumpy instructor. Lincoln has two North | South runways and one Northwest | Southeast runway which should handle almost anything. The only problem with such an arrangement is these runways are in Nebraska and in Nebraska, there is always a swirling crosswind to keep you on your toes. If you can comfortably land a plane in Nebraska, you can land a plane anywhere!

Right now, the wind is steady out of the Northwest about 40 with higher gusts. On down the road a piece, make those gusts about 60. That means an empty semi might be on the road in one minute and on its side in the ditch the next. Toss in a little winter snow and ice and you have a real challenge.

If you are into adventure, why don't you come to Nebraska and learn how to fly? Lindberg did and look how he turned out.

The University of Nebraska fight song starts...there is no place like Nebraska. Maybe the lyrics were written by a pilot who was trying to land here.