Got my Private Pilot ticket in June of 1993. No instrument rating. I fly recreationally and not very often of late. Career change, marriage, 4 teenagers and just the daily grind tend to affect the disposable income. I'm trying to talk the boss into buying a plane so I can wear still another hat in the firm. The need for more frequent expeditious travel may steer him that way, at which time I will probably start working on the Instrument rating.
Chuck.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".