As of today, I’ve logged 18.9 hours and I’m really starting to feel some progress! I had a nine day hiatus when my good friend and business partner Tyler Tate was in town, then I left for a weekend reuniting with friends in Indianapolis for a great wedding.
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In my last post, I had accumulated 9.3 hours — I’m only up to 12.2 hours right now, thanks to some ugly weather, plane maintenance and my CFI’s sinus infection. Today I’ll cover the planes I’m flying, my first away-from-home trip and a lesson with a fill-in instructor. Read »

What follows is my first actual post on my flight lessons — I wrote an introduction and some background a few weeks ago. Much of this I’m writing simply for my own benefit, to help solidify my training. There’s more detail than you’ll probably find interesting — I’m also aiming to keep it accessible to [...] Read »

This post has been procrastinated for several weeks, and so it is guaranteed to be overlong — just a warning. To me, even the very idea of what I’m writing is staggering: I’m learning to fly! Let me provide a spoiler and say that I’ve currently logged 5.7 hours of lessons, but I’m going to [...] Read »