What doesn’t make sense to me is why did they wait so long to put me back into an airplane, my first flight in the multi engine plane was almost a month after my last flight in the single, so not only does it take some time to get used to everything, but also just getting back into the groove of things is hard when you haven’t flown for a while.

Another thing that I am going to complain about if they dont change it, is the way they do ground school. I have a binder that tells me how many hours I am supposed to have in the simulator, in the plane, and in ground school. Now they do a pretty good job with the sim time and actual flying time. But the ground school is getting cut by hours every time I go. My very first ground school session was supposed to be around 8 hours. It was maybe 45minutes….

How am I supposed to grasp something in 45 minutes when the suggested time is around 8 hours. On top of all this, I am paying them a nice sum of money for their “quality” training. Half the people who teach ground school their, are students themselves. In fact, my instructor was trying to explain multi-engine out aerodynamics and he pretty much just quoted what was out of the book. Thats no help, I have read the book a thousand times, I need someone that actually knows what they are talking about, so that I can get a better understanding.

Anyway I’m done ranting I just hope something changes here.

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Anyway I will post as I continue with the program.

Pretty much at this point my instructor and I are working on entering uncontrolled airports, meaning airports without a control tower, and just making me feel comfortable with the traffic pattern. Cause I probably wont always be landing and taking off from the same place *wink wink*.

My solo will consist of me being capable to fly the chief instructor to Flagler airport, dropping him off, and then doing 3 full stop landings & take offs. Then we will fly back home, and hopefully he will tell my instructor what a great instructor he is.

I will let you know how this goes, I am currently studying for a pre-solo written exam, and will take my solo flight on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

Now never seeing something like this, I had never heard of a water salute. Apparently one of the Captains aboard was retiring and they paid respects by spraying water on the airplane and sounding their sirens. It was pretty cool, I thought it was because they had a fire or some type of emergency.

Anyway the pictures I’ve posted are the military troops getting off the airplane, and lining up in a formation while marching off.

It’s good to see them home safe and sound. Thank you for your services I know I couldnt do it.

I am becoming better each day as I learn how to speak with Air Traffic Control (ATC) and actually understand what they are saying. Its actually quite simple once you get the hang of it.

Today I got to practice slow flight maneuvers, and also 45 degree bank angle turns while maintaining a constant altitude. Pretty fun stuff, and its so rewarding when you actually make the instructor feel comfortable. When he is comfortable enough to let you have the controls entirely then you know your doing something right.

Hope you liked the few pictures, I will get some more on here soon.