textual meanderings of a student pilot…
In fading twilight, Der Instruktor began teaching me pre-flight procedures.
I like pre-flighting. You look over the airplane, make sure that nuts and bolts and cotter pins are in their proper places. You make sure that ailerons and flaps move. That things whistle, ring and hum when they’re supposed to. You do this to spot potential […]
I go up this afternoon. First lesson with new instructor.
I’ve had a couple lessons before. Nothing serious, and never more than two lessons consecutively. It’s a first lesson in what will be a string of them culminating, at minimum, in certification as a private pilot. It quickens my pulse ever so slightly.
I got into this […]
If you’ve ever met me, chances are flying, flight, or something with wings has somehow entered the conversation. I’m annoying like that.
I don’t know a pilot out there who didn’t want to fly from as early as he could remember. I think it’s a lot like being a musician - you wake up one morning […]