That plane is getting easier for me to fly. Today, with my 2-hour flight, I nailed it. Steve said I did really well. :)
The training went much better today. The biggest thing was that I figured out a better position for the rudder pedals, which means a better angle for my legs, which means NO CRAMPING!!! :D
Also, I had the feel for the plane a lot better. I also knew what I was messing up on yesterday, and was able to consciously work on those problems. So, all in all, a good day for training.
I have one more intense day of training tomorrow, then some on Saturday. The plan is for the checkride/oral exam to take place on Monday. No written exam (ya!).
Edit: Here's a picture of 198TS, the plane I'm flying. Might get more pictures tomorrow. The picture's with my phone, so it's not the best. Oh well. :P
The first one is that I started my multi training today. It went well, other than one thing. Steve, my instructor, warned me that the plane would require a lot more rudder input than anything I'd ever flown before. He wasn't kidding. For background information for anyone that might not know, the legs/feet are used to control the rudder. My right leg was cramping and even buckled a little bit at one point afterwards. After a while, it went back to being good again, but... yeah, I'd appreciate prayer that I'd figure out the ideal way to be using the rudder to get max performance and max comfort. :)
The other thing is that I got a new phone. (Thanks, Uncle Charlie!) If anyone's wanting the number, email me, get ahold of me on Facebook, or call my home phone number. If you can't do any of those, leave a comment, and I'll get it to you. I just don't wanna put it up on the blog for anyone and anybot to see. :D
Hopefully, I'll be able to use the phone camera to get some pictures of the plane that I'm flying tomorrow. We'll see. Seeya later!
Since the last time I'd posted, I've been working a lot on getting my computer back to a functional form again. It looks like I've been able to mostly. Thankfully.
There really hasn't been a lot going on lately. I've biked once (hoping to make it more before long), mowed a lot of yards, or rather quite a few several times over, and done some more driving practice. Hopefully, I'll be getting my license soon.
The two big things lately are both having to do with aviation. One was last night, at our Scout Council Awards dinner. The dinner itself was at a new museum in the county just south of us. While there, I got to sit in the cockpit of a DC-3, which was really neat. However, even better, I was then able to get in the cockpit of a Eurocopter Dauphin, which is a helicopter used by Miami Valley Hospital for their Careflight division. That was tons of fun. Also, at the dinner, I received the award of Tecumseh Council's Youth of the Year, which included a $100 savings bond. Not too bad. :P
I'm pretty excited about what I'm going to be starting tomorrow. Bright and early, I'm heading in to the airport and starting my multi-engine training. I'll be training in a Diamond Twin Star, serial #2. :D I'm really looking forward to the plane and the training. However, most all of my time this week will be taken up with the training. Monday-Wednesday will take up just under 30 hours spent at the airport. Then, we're leaving for Pennsylvania on Thursday, staying at Grandpa's house. Friday is the Preview Day for Geneva (including a few tests, I believe :( ), then we head home that night. I have a little bit of time on Saturday scheduled at the airport as well. Then, the plan is for me to take the multi checkride Monday morning, and then leave that afternoon and get back the following Friday. That time is at Covfamikoi, our presbytery family conference. So... I'm busy.
Hope to be able to update quickly a few times during the next few days, just to let anyone that reads it know how the training is going.
Edit: By the way, I really should include a picture of the Twin Star. Check out this for a picture of the aircraft itself (not the same one, but close enough.) Also, here's a semi-good picture of the cockpit.
But the data is not. Somehow, the hard drive fragged itself to the point that no data was recoverable. Thankfully, a bunch of my pictures and such are still on the desktop, but I still lost a lot of stuff. Also thankfully, the computer shop gave me a bit of a discount on the work, so I didn't end up paying as much as I thought I would.
Right now, next to me, I have sitting a small external hard drive. I'm going to do backups from now on...
I was going to be putting up a normal post today, but it didn't work out. My computer has temporarily but effectively given up the ghost. Thankfully, the warranty was still in effect, or I'd be buying a brand-new hard drive out of pocket. Hopefully, the computer will be back up early next week. :)
But if you wish to comment on it, you still may. Hey, if you wanna comment anywhere, do so. :D
Well, since last post, I've mowed yards, gotten sick, gotten better (mostly), gone to some friends' house for a movie and fighting on their trampoline ( :D ), gone to church twice, and been stung by a bee. There really hasn't been anything much exciting going on.
Tonight was the weekly meeting for my venture crew. Venturing is a program put on by BSA (Boy Scouts of America) for older kids (14-20) who would be interested in higher adventure. Unlike Boy Scout troops, Venture crews are co-ed. We have about 10 dedicated members right now, a few potentials, and a few people that come sometimes, and sometimes not. I'm not in any official leadership role, but I am unofficially assisting the Advisor, whose position is analogous to the Scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop.
Tonight's meeting was the first that we've done according to an actual agenda... yay! :D Since we only formally started about a month and a half ago, things aren't totally fallen into place yet, but they're getting closer. We discussed the calendar for the crew, addressed a couple issues, and played this really challenging mind game. Not exactly high adventure yet, but we'll get there. :P
There really isn't a ton that's coming to mind to post about. So, with that, I'll get going. Bye!
