First passengers!

X wing

completed

Other stuff I’m doing

Because flying doesn’t occupy my every waking moment now, I have time for other things.

So far I have

• Gotten to level 354 on Candy Crush (still not spent a cent on it!)
• Read 2 books (I have another three unread, still sitting on my reader)
• Gotten to level 938 on 4 Pics One word (I’m aiming for the 1000)

Oh, and RTH and I have built this (we are in the middle of constructing an X-Wing!) 

 some things constructive , some not.

Work rants

Please, for the love of god, will someone teach my colleagues the difference between

“Reply”

And “Reply All”

Pleeeeeeeaaaaaseeeeee.

Outlook defaults to "reply", how are they managing to do this?

HOW?

So many numbers

Written the day before!

Just over 24 hours to go now…. And soooooooooo many numbers

V speeds, Weather minima, passenger weights. CAR references (that’s the aviation regs, not the vehicle) weights and balances, calculations and so much more.

Oh yeah and must remember to use nautical miles!

My head hurts already and this isn’t even for the flying portion of the test. I’m gonna be dead before I get in that plane.

Some common sense needed

This story from my local paper.

The thought occurs to me that perhaps the Millions (Billions?) of dollars that this is going to cost could be better spent on providing support to people with Mental Health issues.

You know, so that they never actually get to the stage where they feel the need to fling themselves in front of a train.

Sigh.

Having Fun

From my last  but one lesson with Bob:........




Somewhere in the back of my mind is the fact that my time in the cockpit with Bob is coming to an end.

I have kinda mixed feelings about that. I mean I’m raring to be declared an actual proper pilot and everything but my weekend plans for the past two years have pretty much revolved around him and our flights. He’s become a substantial part of my leisure time for sure.

So while my flights with him now are very much focussed on filing off the rough edges for my flight test, I will admit I’m having a little bit of fun as well.

Bob admitted that he was being a little bit picky with my flying, aiming to make me a smooth and comfortable pilot for my future passengers. In turn, I admitted that I was being just a little bit of a smart mouth with him too.

It was all done with the best intentions. I appreciate Bob’s efforts and I think he gets the fact that I’m now comfortable enough with the flying, even during the airwork manoeuvres, to be slightly bolshie with him. Although I suspect that occasionally he may wish he had the girl-who-couldn’t-string-two-syllables-together back in the cockpit with him!

For me the ultimate payoff is seeing him sitting there next to me. One arm propped on the arm rest, the other just hanging free, eyes enjoying the scenery as I bring us back for a return over the city. Not a care in the world with regard to my flying