History’s shortest lesson
Booked a morning lesson for today at 9:00am with Marv. Got there a bit early to start getting the plane ready. Cloud cover was bad – prediction was for lots of rain today. By the time Marv showed, the ceiling was down to 2400 – no problem for some pattern work. We preflighted the plane […]
A different perspective
I was out of town last week on business in New Orleans, so I obviously couldn’t fly. Side note – I think that the “8 hours bottle to throttle” rule should be changed to “80 hours bottle to throttle” if your drinking is done on Bourbon Street. I’ll bring it up at the next FAA […]
The Basics
Turns out that Marv had some minor surgery, so he can’t fly for a week or so. Since waiting that long is OUT of the question, I scheduled another lesson with Kent at 4:30pm. Weather was hideous in the morning (as hideous as it gets in LA), but it cleared up later. Called the Van […]
My first real training flight
I decided to interview 3 CFI’s for my training, but I wanted to learn as much as possible in the process. I prepared for my first flight by reviewing lessons in various training aids. Got up this morning and looked outside. After literally WEEKS of fantastic weather, it was overcast and looked like rain. 4 […]
Prologue – Getting Hooked
I started this endeavor about 4 months ago – September 1998. I was going to see a different kind of instructor – my golf pro. He canceled on me, so I thought I’d stop in at a nearby airport (Whiteman – WHP) a look around. Walked in to a flight school there and started asking […]