lindsay and i jumped out of a perfectly good airplane (if there is such a thing) from flt110 in tullahoma today. yes, we’re perfectly sain. yes, we were well aware of what we were doing. and yes, it was one of the most incredible things i’ve ever done in my life.
for the record, i […]
it’s official - i’m now a faa licensed private pilot!
i took my oral exam and checkride today at murfreesboro and i must say, i’m very pumped!! you can browse back all through my flight training (and misc. comments about flying) and see that this has been a awesome adventure.
it wasn’t as bad (the oral & […]
well, i officially passed the written part of my pilot testing. i did pretty well and look forward to wrapping all that up soon!
Read full post...i was supposed to fly out to “the country” a week ago, but the plane was scheduled for maintenance, no one told me or von, and i drove up there for nothing. it worked out well though, see the post before this one.
the wait was definately worth it. it was a beautiful day - perfect […]
lindsay and i went over to goodpasture’s annual fundraiser day - called ‘cougar day’ to say hello to mom and ace, and so that i could try and hitch a ride in the averitt helicopter. a fellow ghs alum flies at averitt and he comes out to fly folks around. in my book, that’s the […]
Read full post...talk about fun! von and i took to the skies yet again for turns around a point, s-turns and recovering from unusual attitudes. i’d have to say, it was one of my favorite 1.5hrs in the sky. from the get go, von was throwing some stuff out there for me to review… like a soft-field […]
Read full post...von and i took to the skies again, after what felt like a forever long (but only 3 week) hiatus. on the flight plan - my introduction to instrument flying. this isn’t instrument training like you tackle when preparing for your instrument rating, but it sure was awesome. effectively scanning the instruments and learning to […]
Read full post...i took 6102H up for a few touch and go’s this morning, which was a great experience - considering the thermals and overall bumpy approaches the summer heat is stirring up. it was fun and i was fortunate to have to opportunity to work on improving my landings in such situations.
after lunch with lindsay, […]
well, at least that’s what gingles and i joke about when talking about flying.* i made my first solo cross country flight just a few minutes ago over to livingston and back. it went very well - it was good for the ole confidence that’s for sure. when you’re dealing with maintaining a heading, trying […]
Read full post...i love night flying. it was really enjoyable - smooth as glass and beautiful. unfortunately, it wasn’t much cooler : )
flew over the house (found out later lindsay and big dan saw me buzzing by at 020ft) and hendersonville before heading out lebanon. tonight we were in the 150 - which i really like because […]
