This was another good day and a good flight as well(Winds were 120 @ 4kts, 10SM, and clear below 12,000ft). My instructor asked me to do the before start checklist without the list to go off of and I remembered at least 95% of it from doing it several times before(he wanted to see how much I double checked myself, I don't do it while flying). It started out with learning to level off the plane without looking at the instruments. I decided to move my head closer to the windshield to see out...

Well, with my 2nd week of Basics firmly in the books, I figured I should somewhat update this blog. I've actually moved on to a blogspot blog, as I like the features and such. I feel I've done a fairly good job of logging my time here, so if you're interested, feel free to check it out! All further updates will take place at this blog. Enjoy!


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I've been busy plowing away with Initial Tower Cab training for the past two weeks. We started on night shift (hence, no updates) and we've been on days this week. I have to say that my instructors DEFINITELY know what they're doing, just as my basics instructors did. I got placed in a class with mostly military and a few CTI grads. Everyone gets along great and the few times we've been to the labs, we've been doing really good....

My schedule will change to Wednesdays due to work and will be the next day after that I will fly next week weather permitting.

The weather was good and with winds at 220 at 11 gusting to 15KTS, it was time to do some S-Turns, rectangular courses, and turns around a point. I had a hard time getting the plane over the road at first, but after one more shot, I got it. Same with the S-turns. I still need to perfect my power-off stalls(Been a while since I last did them.), but it was a...

This one was traffic patterns again and this one was all on my own with little help with my instructor, just to see how I can perform what I study and memorize. It was a little rough with the winds getting in the way. I managed to make the takeoff good, but the landings I have to work on and dealing with the right rate-of-climb speed to make the traffic pattern work(Need more practice). On the plus side, I got the communications right throughout the flight which was impressive, but still I need...