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Forum question posed: Would an airplane on a gigantic treadmill be able to takeoff? Remember that?
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Done with training! Done with the stress! Time to enjoy flying and have fun again! I go in to the training center one last time monday to get my new certificate and then it's off to IOE where I'm actually flying with passengers. 
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Haven't been to talkative on this site in the last few weeks. Training has been occupying most of my life for the last 3 weeks. I am happy to report that I passed simulator training with an excellent checkride. The training to get me to that point was very intense though. One of my instructors was ex-military and that style of training was different. Not necessarily bad, just very different from the civilian flight training I was so involved with prior. It was very standardized, a "At this point do this NOW" where as the civilian training was more laid back. Very different styles of training and I can't say that either is bad or the wrong way to do it. Anyways the sim checkride was on the 17th and I did awesome, and now I've been enjoying some time to relax from that. On Tuesday Alison and I got a day off together and went downtown in Dallas to the Sixth Floor Museum where JFK got shot. It was a very sad place, but I enjoyed spending the day with her.
I'm in Waco, TX now for training in the actual airplane. In about 2 hours I'm heading down to the airport to fly the real thing. It supposedly "flies the same, but feels different" So I think what they are trying to say is that the pitch and power settings will make the plane do the same altitude + airspeed combinations, but the actual feel of the airplane (ie. how much force it takes to pull back on the yoke) is different. I'm looking forward to flying it I guess, but moreso I just want the training to be over. Checkrides are stressful...bleah...
Here's another pic of my plane:
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I haven't been too active on the site lately since I've moved to Dallas. I'm enjoying it immensely though. It's great to be back with Alison and out of the cold. I've loved having 3 weeks off after working non-stop for the entirety of 2007. I'm finally at American Eagle and today was my first day of training. I got placed as a First Officer (co-pilot if you must) on the Saab 340. It's a 34 seat turboprop that does a lot of short hops each day. I was one bloody god damn spot away from getting the Canadair-CRJ 70 seat jet. Then some guy decides to change his base at the last second to DFW and since he's older than me (and even worse had fewer hours than I do) he gets seniority and picked the last spot away from me. I was pretty mad for a while but I figured that in Dallas I would be on the Saab anyways, and I don't think I'll be on it for long. Plus everyone who has flown it loved the airplane and I'm sure I'll learn a lot.
In aviation they call it "Shiny Jet Syndrome" when a low time pilot will do anything and take any pay scale to fly a jet even though they would be better off in a prop somewhere else. I tried not to succumb to that and pick a stable company with decent pay. The pay on the jets goes up much more significantly in the jets than the props after the first year and was my main reason for wanting the jet. I'm sure the saab will be just as fun as everyone says and I won't be there for long.
Anyways here's a few pics of my new toy after 6 weeks: I took some pics of my apartment and new computer setup which I may post later. I should have posted it sooner because now in training I don't have a lot of time.
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