Hi all
Another week has passed... This week I've been very busy, and right now I'm feeling quite exhausted. I have flown 10 missions in 1 week which believe me, is a lot!
On Sunday we went to the APACHE TRAIL. I will not describe this in words. I will just paste a paragraph from Wikipedia which I think best describes what we went through on Sunday - you can also see a couple of pictures on my picasa link shown below!
Also admire my culinary skills :p
http://picasaweb.google.com/kristian2305
Cu
Kris
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
If your engine fails...
Hey all
Today was a busy day! I'm not getting enough sleep right now - as most of you know I need to sleep quite a lot :) This morning was again an early wakeup, to go and watch a couple of solos of my friends! I was supposed to fly at 3pm, but my instructor wanted to fly at 10.30, as today was a dual (not alone with my instructor), so I came home quickly, freshened up and went for my flight to the NE Practice Area.
My instructor was quite a help in seeing other traffic (other planes). Tomorrow I go alone to the NE Practice Area - and seeing other planes will not be that easy! hehe It is quite an adventure cause it's the first time I go 'away' from our home base alone!
Today I really had fun - simulated engine failure, gliding with no engine to the ground, choosing where you are gonna crash land (I chose a dirt road) and I was so close to the ground before I climbed again! I had so much fun!
Tomorrow I have to wake up at 4 o clock in the morning - so....
Good night!!!
Kris
Today was a busy day! I'm not getting enough sleep right now - as most of you know I need to sleep quite a lot :) This morning was again an early wakeup, to go and watch a couple of solos of my friends! I was supposed to fly at 3pm, but my instructor wanted to fly at 10.30, as today was a dual (not alone with my instructor), so I came home quickly, freshened up and went for my flight to the NE Practice Area.
My instructor was quite a help in seeing other traffic (other planes). Tomorrow I go alone to the NE Practice Area - and seeing other planes will not be that easy! hehe It is quite an adventure cause it's the first time I go 'away' from our home base alone!
Today I really had fun - simulated engine failure, gliding with no engine to the ground, choosing where you are gonna crash land (I chose a dirt road) and I was so close to the ground before I climbed again! I had so much fun!
Tomorrow I have to wake up at 4 o clock in the morning - so....
Good night!!!
Kris
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ups and downs
Hey all
Been a while since my last post. I'm sorry about that but I had a bit of a rough time this week. Unfortunately I was getting stressed out on my checks and I took some time for me to get my pre-solo checks through. We are all finding it a bit difficult. Guess it was one of the downs of my training. Pilot training is a mental game - you feel like shit one day, and you feel Top gun the next day..
Fortunately all went well, and yes ... I AM SOLO! For those who don't know what it means, I am now authorised to fly a Piper PA28-181 alone! Which means - there was also a first SOLO.
My first solo was on Tuesday, 21 October. I cannot fully describe what I felt before taking off. My whole life was passing through my mind - when I was a kid I would only dream of something like this to happen - I finally realised my dream. On taking off, I pulled the yoke and off I went. One word - exhilarating. I felt loads of satisfaction - I worked all my life to get here and I really felt good - one of the pilot training ups.
I was laughing all the way through downwind and saying loudly to myself - look what i'm doing! look what I'm doing!
I landed 3 times and went back to the ramp where my friends were waiting for me. After it was a very nice and comfortable trip in the trunk of our Jeep, to our apartments and they threw me in the pool in my uniform - as is custom when one goes solo! It was really a day full of emotions - I will never forget it.
I have done another four flights these past two days, and I'm feeling ever more confident to land now - from the beginning I have 124 landings! nice eh? I am always learning from my mistakes and that makes you feel better. I am also flying quite a lot right now and my training is going really fast.
I will post my photos when my new Macbook is here... :)
Life's good - and I'm still kickin' (and flyin')
Kris
Been a while since my last post. I'm sorry about that but I had a bit of a rough time this week. Unfortunately I was getting stressed out on my checks and I took some time for me to get my pre-solo checks through. We are all finding it a bit difficult. Guess it was one of the downs of my training. Pilot training is a mental game - you feel like shit one day, and you feel Top gun the next day..
Fortunately all went well, and yes ... I AM SOLO! For those who don't know what it means, I am now authorised to fly a Piper PA28-181 alone! Which means - there was also a first SOLO.
My first solo was on Tuesday, 21 October. I cannot fully describe what I felt before taking off. My whole life was passing through my mind - when I was a kid I would only dream of something like this to happen - I finally realised my dream. On taking off, I pulled the yoke and off I went. One word - exhilarating. I felt loads of satisfaction - I worked all my life to get here and I really felt good - one of the pilot training ups.
I was laughing all the way through downwind and saying loudly to myself - look what i'm doing! look what I'm doing!
I landed 3 times and went back to the ramp where my friends were waiting for me. After it was a very nice and comfortable trip in the trunk of our Jeep, to our apartments and they threw me in the pool in my uniform - as is custom when one goes solo! It was really a day full of emotions - I will never forget it.
I have done another four flights these past two days, and I'm feeling ever more confident to land now - from the beginning I have 124 landings! nice eh? I am always learning from my mistakes and that makes you feel better. I am also flying quite a lot right now and my training is going really fast.
I will post my photos when my new Macbook is here... :)
Life's good - and I'm still kickin' (and flyin')
Kris
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Keepin' up the Stamina
Hey all
Busy week. We are flying every day, couple of last days I have flown to Williams Gateway, and I did something like 18 landings - quite a lot in two days eh? It is slowly coming together... and the more it goes well the more you have fun.
Gateway, for your information, has three infinitely long runways - you can like land and takeoff four times in one go! I think it is the fifth option for landing the shuttle - so imagine me with my little Piper Archer on a runway made for the Space Shuttle - Gulliver's Travels...
There we saw quite a lot of different planes parked on the ramp, including a couple of fighter jets, a plane which had a NASA logo on its fin (sorry dunno the name)and some business jets as well. You feel quite intimidated by all these planes using the same airport as you!
Also doing patterns on the parallel runway was a KC-135 refueler, which made me feel even smaller - but it was exciting being on the same frequency with the pilots of these huge jets!
I will try to get a couple of photos tomorrow to show you what Gateway is like (if we go there!) Life is going on pretty well, it's very hectic and time passes very very quickly here!
Give my regards to our tiny island...
Kris
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Strange week...
Hey all
Sorry I've been a bit late on a blog update but this week was a bit busy! We finally moved into our apartment and it's very nice - good living room, bedrooms good sized kitchen, INTERNET, pool, jacuzzi, squash courts, gym and even a tv room with a 61 inch plasma where I can watch Premier league, serie A and Champions League!
However this week was a bit strange - on Wednesday I was supposed to fly mission 24 late in the afternoon, just before sunset. We took the plane and Rene flew to Coolidge, which is SE of Falcon. We did some touch and gos and landed for a full stop there. I was supposed to do the opposite leg. I had studied the flows and checklists quite well so I was kind of looking forward for a little bit of practice. BUT.... on engine start, the starter was not engaging = we were stuck in Coolidge. Probably you do not know where Coolidge is. It is a small town South of Phoenix, but Coolidge AIRPORT is not near the town, it is in the middle of the desert. There is nothing there but three runways, a toilet (probably not cleaned for 10 years or so) and a couple of unused hangars. We ended up watching the sunset in the desert, which was quite a view, but I lost my mission which I recovered yesterday. The night flight back was also nice!
I also had a change of instructor - I have a girl now teaching me how to fly (how about my ego?) but I must admit she is good. My radio communication is getting way better and I did my first soft landing :p after 7 landings or so. So I went home happy.
Yesterday evening we drove to a shopping mall, and on our way back we heard on the radio that Ferry Corsten (the world's no. 3 dj as far as I know) was here in Phoenix. After 3 weeks listening to big fat guys and black girls going on about their life (aka R&B), I was quite surprised to discover that TRANCE EXISTS HERE TOO!!! So we went to Ferry Corsten at Myst nightclub in Phoenix - and it was one of my best night outs yet - very nice club, people and overall - verrry good set by Ferry!
So now this weekend I'm relaxing cause after such a hectic week I need to take it easy! Next week will probably be daily flights so I need to sleep!
for the next one
Kris
Sorry I've been a bit late on a blog update but this week was a bit busy! We finally moved into our apartment and it's very nice - good living room, bedrooms good sized kitchen, INTERNET, pool, jacuzzi, squash courts, gym and even a tv room with a 61 inch plasma where I can watch Premier league, serie A and Champions League!
However this week was a bit strange - on Wednesday I was supposed to fly mission 24 late in the afternoon, just before sunset. We took the plane and Rene flew to Coolidge, which is SE of Falcon. We did some touch and gos and landed for a full stop there. I was supposed to do the opposite leg. I had studied the flows and checklists quite well so I was kind of looking forward for a little bit of practice. BUT.... on engine start, the starter was not engaging = we were stuck in Coolidge. Probably you do not know where Coolidge is. It is a small town South of Phoenix, but Coolidge AIRPORT is not near the town, it is in the middle of the desert. There is nothing there but three runways, a toilet (probably not cleaned for 10 years or so) and a couple of unused hangars. We ended up watching the sunset in the desert, which was quite a view, but I lost my mission which I recovered yesterday. The night flight back was also nice!
I also had a change of instructor - I have a girl now teaching me how to fly (how about my ego?) but I must admit she is good. My radio communication is getting way better and I did my first soft landing :p after 7 landings or so. So I went home happy.
Yesterday evening we drove to a shopping mall, and on our way back we heard on the radio that Ferry Corsten (the world's no. 3 dj as far as I know) was here in Phoenix. After 3 weeks listening to big fat guys and black girls going on about their life (aka R&B), I was quite surprised to discover that TRANCE EXISTS HERE TOO!!! So we went to Ferry Corsten at Myst nightclub in Phoenix - and it was one of my best night outs yet - very nice club, people and overall - verrry good set by Ferry!
So now this weekend I'm relaxing cause after such a hectic week I need to take it easy! Next week will probably be daily flights so I need to sleep!
for the next one
Kris
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