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The weather actually looks good tomorrow for my commercial checkride. I'm actually feeling confident and looking forward to being finished with it. I'm flying in the morning with my instructor to get back in the swing and at 3pm going for my ride. Most of my nervousness before came from the crappy weather, but it's forcasted sunny and a tropical 45 degrees. Hopefully my next post will be a post of joy.
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Commercial Checkride tomorrow (Monday). Passing it means I can be paid to fly, which is indeed my original goal of getting my private license all the way back in Feb of 2004. The day starts out at 7:30am with a quick flight to finish up my required hours and then the checkride starts at 10:30am. Probably a good 2-3 hours of oral exam followed by an hour and a half flight. Long day, but I think I can handle it. If all goes well, I should be free for the rest of break with nothing to do except a few trips (maybe Ohayocon, going to DC somewhere in there) but the rest is free for LAN parties and stuff. Will update after the ride tomorrow!Update:I did the oral exam today and got a 93%. Even though that's an A, I still feel like I didn't know that much. I hate sitting there looking stupid becuase I don't know anything. He asked me a lot of little things that I wasn't prepared for. Anyways, we didn't fly because the clouds were too low for some of the manuevers that I have to do, so the flight has been rescheduled to Wednesday at 10:30am. I like splitting it up anyways. Will post more upon completion.Update 2:I've spent the last few days sitting around the airport trying to get good enough weather to fly, but it never came. The airport is closed for christmas right now, but I will get another chance on Dec. 30th.Update 3:December 30th was a very cloudy day and not good for flying. My next chance is Jan. 3rd in the morning. By this time I'll be so out of practice that I'm sure to fail.
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When my mom was in high school, her family had a foreign exchange student live with them. Her name is Sinni and she is from Finland. Well, she has been here in the States since the beginning of the semester. Yesterday was her and her daughter's last day here, so we went for a quick plane ride. We left at 5:00pm and got up to Cleveland right at sunset. It was my first time to Burke Lakefront airport. I've gone there in flight sim, but it's not quite the same. The buidings are so much closer to the airport than flight sim shows. Even crappy old Cleveland looks sweet at sunset at 500 feet. I thought they were going to get some pictures, but they apparently forgot. Oh well. I love flights like this because it reminds me why I'm putting so much time and effort into this profession. There's nothing else in the world like it.
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Back in Spring Semester of 05, myself and the other flight team officers looked to each other and set a goal for our team. We decided that this year, we were going to do well enough at the Regional NIFA Safecon Competition that we would be invited to the national competition. The KSU flight team has not been to the national competition in 19 years. So, let me tell you that this was no small feat; to revamp the team, practice, learn, and keep up with everything else in our lives. A lot of you all know that I haven't been around a lot for a while. This is why. October 9-16 was the Regional Competition at Western University in Battle Creek Michigan. It was one of the best expiriences of my life. It was cool to see all the other teams and planes and talk to them. It was also really cool to see our team come together from almost nothing and perform so well. Usually 3 teams from our region (about 7 colleges) make it to the national competition. This year they were only going to take the top two. Western Michigan always wins first. Ohio State University always wins second. The third place spot is always fought for. Last year we lost the third spot to Ohio University by 6 points out of hundreds. This year Ohio State University is hosting the National Competition, so it turns out that they go to nationals no matter what. This means that there was still a spot even with W.M. in 1st and OSU in 2nd. Well, this year we worked our asses off all semester and all week. It came down to the awards banquet Saturday night. Our hearts on the line as they announce each of the top 10 winners of each event. When it came down to it, the Kent State University Precision Flight Team....came in second place! We even beat the "unbeatable" Ohio State! That means that the only reason Ohio State will be at nationals is because they are hosting it! It's so awesome! If you work hard enough for anything you can do it - ANYTHING!
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