Month: August 2004

Punch Drunk Beer

I’ve been contemplating shaving my head because it’s so hot. Joanna doesn’t want me to, so she gave me a haircut instead. (She wasn’t too thrilled about it being any shorter, but it was getting silly.) It took her half an hour and it kept getting shorter. Had I not taken a nap and/or washed my hair before having her cut it, I think she would have had an easier time. Since I don’t really care too terribly much about how it looks, I’m happy with it if she’s happy with it. Paying someone to cut hair just seems silly.…

Stage 1 Complete!

Well, I never thought he’d be able to do it, but Zach has gotten me through Stage 1 in less than one week. I started on Saturday and it’s Friday. He signed me off for my stage check on this morning at 10am or so. Now I just get to wait around for them to call me. Fortunately, the timing of this stage check won’t really affect me too much, since I can start flying stage 2 before I finish stage 1 this time. Stage 2 is all in the simulators. They’re not very good simulators, just some basic flight…

4.1

I’ve flown 4.1 hours today. I think my brain is fried. Completely fried. But, I’ve now completed lessons 1-8, which leaves one to be flown tomorrow morning at 8am, and then I’m signed off for my stage check, which if any luck will be Saturday. If so, Zach will have completed his goal of first stage in one week. There’s absolutely no way to describe the sort of brain frying that learning to fly instruments can cause, particularly if you overdose. After I pass the stage check, it’s on the simulators. I flew two localizer approaches today. I did. Me.…

Night Blogging

Berck is flying tonight…and has been flying pretty much all day. His instructor is bound and determined that Berck will have his check ride on Monday. If he flies all day tomorrow, that might just happen. Zack let Berck come home for thirty minutes tonight to grab a bite to eat, and then he was out the door again. In the interest of true blogging, I thought I’d hand out some sites: Bubblewrap Politics And a picture that might make you smile.

Three weeks, eh?

My instrument instructor, Zack, is convinced that I’m going to get my instrument rating in three weeks, starting a couple of days ago. I think he’s probably off his rocker, but I’m willing to do my part in making that happen. I think 4 weeks, best case scenario, but that it will be longer. But maybe not. We’ll see. Which means I need to study. I left ground school a few minutes early today so I could fly around 10:30. I did pretty good today. Instrument flying is all about small corrections and scanning. Flying solely by reference to six…