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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
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Hey! My plane flight today went really well. I left directly from my Accounting class and ran to my car so I could get to the airport by 10:00. After I arrived we gathered together the equipment and papers we would need for the flight and I started the pre-flight checks. Once we were ready to get going I started to taxi towards the runway. Now it was hard to get used to the taxing, at first I was swaying back and forth going in little S shapes up and down the taxiway. But after I started to get used to it, it wasn't so bad. As we accelerated for take off I was going left to right again for awhile trying to go as straight as possible, but not quite succeding... as we approached take off speeds I pulled back and off we went. Once we were airborne it became easier to straighten up because I could use the Yolk rather then the rudder to stear. The flight was right about an hour long and while we were up I learned some turns and a few other maneuvers. I think the thing I'm going to need to practice the most is my radio communication. I have to memorize all the termanology and stuff. I think the part that was the worst today though was the fact that I became pretty nausious while I was up there. Since I am still learning the feel of things I need to look down at my instruments quite a bit and thats a lot like reading while your in the car. Near the end of the flight it started to get hard to concentrate because I was pretty nausious by then. I did manage to pull off a pretty good landing despite though. So that was pretty exciting. I'm glad I had the instructor in the cab telling me where to go though, because once we were up in the air I kind of lost track of where we were and I wouldn't have been able to find the airport again. SO anyway my first flight experience was very fun and I had a great time. Thats really all I want to say for tonight though. The rest of the day was pretty typical. I need to get to sleep. I've been kind of dragging today and I really should head to bed. So I'll say good night, and Adios!
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posted by Jeremy Dillinger @ 1:10 AM
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