So how am I doing?
Well moneywise its okay I guess. Neither RTH nor I are exactly
rolling in cash but we have no kids, no real debts and no car, which means we
have some spare cash each month. Of course we have no house either. This may be
a bad thing long term. Me flying means
that RTH doesn’t fly as often as he’d like but things can’t be too bad if he’s
considering getting his night rating soon.
Time wise, I am in no hurry at all. Bob’s sage advice to enjoy the journey
is spot on. Now that I’ve soloed I’m
really not feeling any time pressure at all. I want to enjoy and savor every
last moment of my flying time.
Studying is a little bleuch! Motivation is hard sometimes, context
makes it easier. I know I’m going to have to get my head around the Nav stuff
soon , and I can’t put Met off forever L I’m also a little
scared that I’ve pushed the earlier stuff out my brain , so I need to refresh
slow flight , stalls and other airwork stuff. I’ve also had a few lessons where
I didn’t really need much of a pre-flight brief from Bob. Other than,
“we’re-doing-circuits-try-to-put-it-down-on-the-centerline-and-don’t-break-it”
kind of thing.
Soon we are going to be back in the dreaded “hanger of doom”
classroom talking about all kinds of stuff like precautionary landings,
instrument work, navigation etc. A big motivator at the start to keep up with
my reading was that I was fed up of looking stupid in front of Bob on the
ground*.
I really have no excuse; I get Thursday nights all to myself. I
need to read some books instead of watching crappy movies on Netflix. Oh and I
need to remind myself that stalking online aviation forums or watching "Top Gun"doesn’t count as “studying”
either.
* It would appear that I have no problem with looking stupid in the
air
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