1st Hand Experience

Originally posted by Off_The_Street
I had a student pilot's license which included 17 hours of solo, including solo XC (all in either a Cessna 150 or 172), but that certainly doen't make me a "pilot".

Phew! I read that too fast and for a second I thought you were saying flying C-150s didn't make you a real pilot! I was almost pissed!

Though I haven't had any military flying, I've encountered them as they've used me as a target in some of the MOAs in northern Michigan. Nothing quite like 2 F-16s buzzing you so close you could reach out and smack the pilots (without warning, no less!)

I'm just shy of 500 hours in my C-150, by the way.