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Yep my fellow Trumpers.... Today My Son got his Private Pilot's License!  He started taking flying lessons at 16 yrs. of age and had to make a huge sacrifice! he made a hard choice but decided to sell his Cardinal red 2002 Triumph Bonneville America which he loved in order to continue flying. Many set backs over the last 3 years... Time, Money and College But today he did it! I am all teary eyed and smiling from ear to ear! Back in my day I'm really not sure I could have done what he has accomplished at 19! 
"Will Ride or Fly for food"
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congratulations to your son and you 
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Should be Riding
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congratulations to your son and you
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That's an excellent achievement - congratulations to your son, and you have every right to be proud! 
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My grandfather and uncle loved to fly. We just recently finished selling all of my uncles planes and all his projects and airplane parts. He was killed in a car accident about a year and a half ago. I am going to buy his house which has a small runway that he used to land and take off from. I miss talking to him and hearing all his stories and watching him land and take off too. He was a wealth of knowledge when it came to planes and guns. But congratulations on your sons achievements!!
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Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Should be Riding
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Congratulations to your son, Terry! I have met him and he is an outstanding young man.
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Totally cool! Sound like a fantastic young man!!
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I was really sad for both of you when I heard he was selling his bike. I know how much you enjoyed riding with him, but it sounds like it was well worth it. Now he can get out there and get a job flying and buy a new bike... for both of you!
Please, pass my congratulations on to him!
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2005 America 145 mains, , #48 pilots, , k&n pod filters, ported intakes manifolds, nology coils and wires, pro com CDI, 62 HP at wheel 68,000 hard miles still runs great gone "traded"
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Fantastic Congratulations to your boy. Skies the limit now
When you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs your the one with the big Axe!
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Should be Riding
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Terry, congratulations to your son!
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What a fantastic accomplishment!!! Enjoy the skies!! 
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
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I know how nervous I was when my son first started flying...I think I was more nervous of letting him try his wings with an instructor than I was in taking my own lessons. It is such a great moment when they solo. Congrats!
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I got my private license back in 1969 when I was 20. I had given up motorcycles when I was into flying. Now I haven't been current in many years but ride motorcycles again. There was a period in the 70s-80s I got really into sailing. I don't do that anymore either.
Flying is a wonderful high. Nothing like flying a small plane. Somewhere in the future, he may get back into bikes.
Bob
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"Will Ride or Fly for food"
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From one private pilot to another....congratulations(to your son that is)....aw, what the heck, to you too!
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Wow, you have every right to be proud, Congrats
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