Friday, February 06, 2004
Flying!!!!oneone
Probably not, but my flight test is scheduled tomorrow...I'ma gettin tired of this...
CANCELLED AGAIN!! THANK YOU WINTER!
Too, too much.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Judgement Day
My practical test is tomorrow, if it doesn't get cancelled due to weather.I flew at night tonight for the first time in about a year. I totally forgot just how awesome the night is from the air. I don't know exactly why I love flying at night, I just always have. I love the blue taxiway lights and seeing the runway lit up right in front of me. Sure, flying at night is a lot harder, but it worth it. One thing I have to do while training is have the instructor take the controls as you close your eyes, and he will roll the plane around to an unusual attitude. Then of course, you have to open your eyes and see how quickly you can react. Well we did it tonight and when I opened my eyes we were about 1000 feet above KSU pointed down directly at it. It was awesome! There are so many lights around that school, and I could see everything moving all at once. It was the kind of sight that reminds me why I am working so hard to do exactly what I want to do with my life. For the last year or so, flying has seemed like a chore. Something I knew I had to do to move forward, but I just didn't feel into it like I used to. I even let some doubts into my mind. Tonight, I felt like I belong in the air again. I think I finally got it again. I think I am finally ready.
1/17/04 - ARGH I HATE THIS STATE AND ITS SNOW
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
FAA Practical Test
cant go, snow storms in youngstown / new castle after 9am. visibilty too low. Icing conditions. God damn, I’m screwed.
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
FAA Practical Test
So the weather looks decent enough to fly tomorrow morning. Means I actually have to go through with this. I hate tests. I hate oral tests. I hate tests that demand absolute precision and an almost zero tolerance policy. Good thing thats not what I'm doing. Oh wait, yeah, actually that's exactly what I'm doing. It's like a driver's test if the examiner raped you in the ass with questions for 3 hours and then made you fly for 2 hours at a perfect 104 knots while at the same time quizzing you on what to do when you enter class B airspace while your engine is on fire and your radio is dead and you are helping some strange lady give birth and the baby is hitting you and trying to jump put the window and your eyes just fell out and your anus is bleeding and a wing fell off and one magneto switch is working, but the other is inoperative and you are exactly 135 degrees magnetic and 14 miles FROM a VORTAC station (not TO the station) and Mr. Hydes broke down again and you have to pick up bread on the way home and you have only $1.05 and bread costs $1.19, and if you fail all your future employers will see it and not give you the job because you are a total and complete failure in life.NO PRESSURE
I CAN DO IT
AT 5 FUCKING AM
WITH 4 HOURS OF SLEEP AND NO FOOD
I MEAN ITS ONLY THE REST OF MY LIFE
AND I GET TO PAY $150 TO TRY
Sunday, December 28, 2003
FAA Written Test
May god have mercy on my soul..9am
Update 11am: Passed with a 95%!!!1one
Now my oral test will be very short and If I can fly well I can be a pilot by the end of the week. Then I can drop things on your houses.
BE AFRAID
(Note to FAA:Just kidding!)
All my hours are done now and I'm scheduled to take the practical test at 9am on Friday. If I pass, I'll be lannin' it up at codex's house on the second and with steve lange(?) on the third. If I fail, well I will be hanging about 2 feet of the ground :(
Practical Test rescheduled to Wed. Jan 7th at 9am due to bad weather.