I read somewhere that one of the challenges with learning to fly is sticking with it when there are delays. This weekend is one of those delays.
METAR: 112115Z AUTO 02014G23KT 1 3/4SM OVC008 M01/M02 A2981 RMK AO2 T10071018
That was the weather report when I was supposed to have my fifth lesson. Unfortunately, the schedule is full tomorrow so lesson five is going to have to be next weekend. I already had a 2-hour lesson scheduled for next Saturday, but I put in a 3-hour lesson on Sunday to make up for this week. In the meantime it’s back to reading the FAR/AIM, watching the Sporty’s Pilot Store flight training videos I bought as my ground school guide, and reading the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. A lot of what I’m reading is really a review of things I already know, but I am not to the point of being able to recite this knowledge accurately on a moment’s notice, so I keep re-re-reading. My CFI mentioned that he built a PowerPoint to summarize the knowledge he learned. I think part of this blog is going to be a recording of lessons. Maybe someday I’ll publish it all in a nice, clean presentation that I can host here.
I’m having a very hard time not fantasizing about having my own plane. I heard the Cessna 177 is rather spacious inside and economical to fly. But then, I also fantasize about building a Sling TSi. It takes a lot of reminding myself, first get the license, then get rich, then worry about owning an airplane. Instead I turn my mind to the fantasy of flying off to someplace for the fun of it. I can’t wait to be back up in the air, terrifying myself with landings and stalls again!
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