LearnHowToFly.org User Profile 1: Rachel Lipshitz

• Name: Rachel Lipshitz
• Age: 25, never married
• Address: shared Victorian house in Oakland, California; hip but cheap neighborhood
• Occupation: Personal Trainer for rich people in Oakland Hills; part-time job as dog walker for folks in the neighborhood
• Income: $28,000/year
• Flying Experience: 3 intro lessons 2 years ago
• Short-term Goal: Obtain a Private Pilot certificate
• Long-term Goal: Become a career airline pilot, starting out as a regional jet first officer (copilot) with a commuter airline.
• Immediate Questions: Where to find a good rental airplane and instructor at the Oakland Airport? Is it better to take 3 weeks off work and do nothing but flight training or to stretch out the lessons over many months? What are the most helpful books?
• Other Interests: Music clubs, biking, travel to Mexico (esp. kayaking in Baja), Spanish language
• Computer: 3-year-old Macintosh given to her by a customer ("it doesn't fit the new decor"), runs OS 9 and crashes when viewing complex Web pages or multimedia; 384Kbps DSL line and network-address translating router shared by all members of household
• Experience with information technology: Uses a free Web-based email service, movie time and ticket site, airline ticket sites, and local alternative newspaper site for music show times. Used an old version of Microsoft Word back in college.