Month: July 2004

I showed up for Instrument groundschool today. Someone should have told me that it was starting on Monday, I would have showed up then. It might have made things simpler. Oh well. Instrument flying is a pretty weird thing when you think about. Staring at a bunch of needles that are supposed to tell you…

Finally! It seems to have taken slightly longer than forever. I’ve got nearly 60 hours; it should have taken more like 40. The national average is more like 80, but those are people who fly once a week or once a month. The scary thing is just how little I actually know and how little…

There’s nothing like failing a checkride to make you feel crappy. I showed up at 9am with everything I was supposed to have for my oral exam. After two and half hours of endless questioning, the check airman told me to go ahead and preflight the airplane. I actually did really well on the oral…