Accurate statement, jinman, right or wrong, we make a decision and "go for it". Not a lot of room for wishy washy when in an aircraft.
And Lou; a lot of us are driven. I began flying in college, and before I graduated (and yes I only took the 4 years), I was flying freight in the DC-3. (Maybe I'll get brave and post some pics of that, one day.) 2 years post graduation, I was flying passengers for a major carrier. Of course, I was a flight instructor to make money to pay for my own flying, while learning different things and equipment, such as sea plane, etc. I was pushing to learn and do well in all of it. But I was lucky, I had the very best for my beginning instructor. She was DEMANDING, and she had a Cessna 120, and I learned all of the basics in that, from first lesson, to solo, so transitioning from there was pretty easy. In less than 3 years, I had over 1500 hours of flight time, and was a full time student! It helps when you get to the point someone else will pay you to fly, such as the J-3 to Oshkosh, etc.
On a side note, my beginning instructor was a history lesson herself. She taught our boys to fly in WWII, and delivered airplanes to the military. She was always mad, because she never got to "really go fly", because she was a female. I think she was mad, until the day she died. She was 79 years old, the day I took my first lesson with her! She was around for many more years after that, and I would often stop by and use her equipment, and if I was working instruments, hired her to go too!
