10.28.2005

My first solo here at Flight Safety

Posted at 03:39:53 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.26.2005

internet

The cable is back on now, not sure for how long though. Here are my pictures, and videos from Hurricane wilma: www.blizzue.com/wilma more »
Posted at 03:08:33 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.23.2005

calm before the storm

Today has been a fairly calm day. The sun was out most of the day, and no wind to speak of. There are no planes on the tarmac at the field. Pretty much nothing anywhere. Campus is really quiet, a bunch of people have left for more northern territory.… more »
Posted at 10:12:29 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.21.2005

wilma

Looks like she won't be here untill Monday/Tuesday ish. Possible down to a catagory 2 by that time... Should be sunshine here :) more »
Posted at 04:50:53 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.19.2005

web cam

My view of the weather as hurricane Wilma approaches: www.blizzue.com/cam This picture is updated every 5 seconds. more »
Posted at 06:22:25 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.19.2005

Posted at 12:23:15 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.19.2005

If you haven't noticed, Wilma, came back from bedrock to slap us around. This image is a few hours old, but it shows pretty much how close we are to the mess. It has been upgraded to category 5 now, with the lowest recorded pressure in an atlantic storm.… more »
Posted at 12:20:22 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.17.2005

solo

After some touch and goes with my instructor, I went up solo for some full stop-taxi backs. The flight was mostly uneventful. I rushed myself too much, and forgot my takeoff checklist once. I immediately recognized it, and did the important stuff fr… more »
Posted at 09:20:07 am and is filed under Announcements.
10.14.2005

weather

Did some touch and goes this morning, but was unable to go up solo. There was a broken cloud layer at 700 feet moving over the airport. Which is below the minimums required for me to go up solo. Had some good touch and goes though... We're going to… more »
Posted at 09:13:06 am and is filed under Announcements.
10.13.2005

pre solo checkride

Today I had my pre-solo stage check, check ride. I met with another instructor here who is a designated check airman. Basically it was an extended pre-brief, with an hour flight. We talked about aircraft systems, and a little bit about some FAR's. Af… more »
Posted at 01:48:19 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.9.2005

more tests

I have finished my Cadet written, and my pre-solo written. The Cadet written is basically a test on aircraft procedures and checklists. This is a FlightSafety test, and was pretty long. The pre-solo written was way longer than the original one I to… more »
Posted at 11:19:13 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.8.2005

morning flight

I had an early morning flight today, that went so perfectly. I nailed steep turns perfectly. Stalls, slow flight, ground ref. All the maneuvers just fell together for me today. My instructor actually used the words "If this was your checkride, you… more »
Posted at 05:42:41 pm and is filed under Announcements.
10.5.2005

flying

After a day in Orlando with my parents, and some quality time at Disney World, I'm getting started with regular flights. I met my new instructor today, Jeff. Nice guy, very smart, and a good teacher. Today was lesson 3 for me, we did some slow fli… more »
Posted at 11:08:20 pm and is filed under Announcements.