Up until this point in my training, each maneuver was at the direct instruction of Carl, my CFI. During my fifth flight, it slowly became apparent to me this way of flying was over.A friend of mine tagged along and…
At The Break
Some things in flying are just fun, maybe difficult to do, but they’re alot of fun. Today, we reached that point. Storms clouded the sky for most of the day, and I’d given up on flying, but at ten-til five,…
You’re Supposed to do all Three
Two and a half weeks after my flight in the C150, I was back at the airport, preflighting 2875X again. Carl let me lead him through the preflight, and I didn’t miss anything major.
Warrior Two-Eight-Seven-Five X-Ray, Clear for Take-Off
With those words, Carl, my CFI (Certified Flight Instructor), pushed the throttle forward and the newly rebuilt Piper Warrior whose right seat had held me so many times barreled down the runway with a new face in the pilot’s seat.