Last week I discovered a pretty sizeable aviation messageboard called Pilots Of America, and made a few posts introducing myself and contributing to conversations. They're a very knowledgeable and friendly bunch of people.

Last night I got a message from a girl on the board named Danielle who lives in New Orleans and just got her private pilot's license a few months ago. She invited me onto this web-based chat hosted by the messageboard, and it turned out there was another pilot there, Steve, who is also in the general area — about 100 miles north of here (which isn't all that much in an airplane).

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