It was a little warmer today; warm enough to ride to the airport. They still haven’t fixed the gate at the club, but they did leave...
Continue reading...Short field takeoffs / landings
It was a nice day to fly, though even at 1pm it was cool enough to keep me from riding, so I took the car. I...
Continue reading...Vmc Practice
It was another beautiful day for flying. I had an early morning flight (9am), and it was cold. I knew there would likely be frost on...
Continue reading...More solo solo
What a beautiful day! My solo flight was scheduled for 12 to 2pm and the sky couldn’t have been more clear and the winds more calm...
Continue reading...Solo away from the nest
Today was my first solo flight out of the pattern. I took my time getting to the airport (ie, I was late), and took my time...
Continue reading...Dual to 5W8
The primary purpose of today’s flight was to go over to Siler City (5W8) and get some practice there so Gene could sign me off for...
Continue reading...Solo solo
Today was my first solo flight without my instructor at the airport. For some reason, I was a little more nervous than I expected to be...
Continue reading...Second solo flight and photos
Today’s lesson was pretty much the same as the last one. The only difference is that Gene had already signed the necessary documents, so when I...
Continue reading...FAA Knowledge Test
Not wanting to forget everything I’d been studying in preperation for the ground school final, I wasted no time in scheduling to take the FAA knowledge...
Continue reading...Ground school: Class 14 (final)
I got behind on blogging my ground school classes. I’ll go back and fill in the blanks for classes 11, 12, and 13, but tonight was...
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