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HurricaneHeather
11-21-2008, 02:11 PM
No really.
My husband in a pilot in training right now and just had his first solo flight this morning! :rockwoot:
He called me and you could hear the holy shit in his voice....it was the cutest thing ever.
I'm just proud and wanted to brag.
Oh, and I get to see him again 4 days and 7 hours!!! :nana2:
Amorok
11-21-2008, 02:14 PM
Congratualtions, that's an awesome accomplishment and you should both be proud of him. Remind him though, when he lands safely and rolls that plane into the hanger without mishap, he needs to go thank his maintenance crew. Make friends withe the mechanics, otherwise...well, when your plane breaks down, you don't get to pull over and wait for a jump, now do you?
Cruzergirl
11-21-2008, 02:19 PM
Congratualtions, that's an awesome accomplishment and you should both be proud of him. Remind him though, when he lands safely and rolls that plane into the hanger without mishap, he needs to go thank his maintenance crew. Make friends withe the mechanics, otherwise...well, when your plane breaks down, you don't get to pull over and wait for a jump, now do you?
What he said!:D
...and...
:rockwoot::rockout:
t-homo
11-21-2008, 02:22 PM
Congrats to him. I would love to learn to fly.
smileyman
11-21-2008, 02:26 PM
A big congrats from a jealous guy! You know motorcycles and piloting a plane have many parallels...Constant correction/control maintenance, situational awareness, ect. It would be a natural progression from rider to pilot.
HurricaneHeather
11-21-2008, 02:44 PM
Congratualtions, that's an awesome accomplishment and you should both be proud of him. Remind him though, when he lands safely and rolls that plane into the hanger without mishap, he needs to go thank his maintenance crew. Make friends withe the mechanics, otherwise...well, when your plane breaks down, you don't get to pull over and wait for a jump, now do you?
While that is probably great advice, my roll in this play is to be the proud supportive wife. This is not the advice of a proud supportive wife, so I will leave that stuff up to his instructors. :lol:
Thanks though. ;)
KSGregman
11-21-2008, 02:46 PM
Do you know what type of plane he got to solo?
HurricaneHeather
11-21-2008, 02:58 PM
Do you know what type of plane he got to solo?
Pffft.....a Cessna something I presume. :shrug: He is working on his private pilot license now and I'm pretty sure they use the little Cessnas for that. Once he moves up to working on his airline stuff he'll be in a Piper Seminole I think....
I know that wasn't very informative :lol:
anthonyk
11-21-2008, 03:24 PM
Awesome! Congrats to him! :rockout:
I don't think I'll ever forget that first solo takeoff. I looked over at the empty seat next to me, and thought "Shit, I'm gonna have to land this thing, no matter what." :tremble:
Cruzergirl
11-21-2008, 03:39 PM
"Shit, I'm gonna have to land this thing, no matter what." :tremble:
That reminds me of the line from the movie "Always" when Richard Dryfus is about to land his plane...dead stick... When asked what he needed he answers "Glider practice". :lol:
I've always wanted to learn to fly (always been the back seater). I was even able to go along with a previous boyfriend and his instructor on a checkride of some sort. That was way fun. :D
Krabill
11-21-2008, 09:29 PM
Congrats to your husband! I'll never forget my first solo. What a rush!
congrats! when i was in texas i managed to make it halfway through earning my liscense and the school went bankrupt and never told me. one of these days id like to get back into it
azoomm
11-22-2008, 12:45 PM
How AWESOME!!! REALLY awesome.
Particle Man
11-22-2008, 01:05 PM
congrats to him!
HurricaneHeather
11-22-2008, 01:19 PM
Do you know what type of plane he got to solo?
I asked him and he said a Cessna 172....
Weather permitting he will have his first cross country solo this afternoon! Yikes! :lol:
askmrjesus
11-22-2008, 11:15 PM
I'll never forget my first solo. What a rush!
Me either.
Debra Jo Fondren was the Playmate of the Year, and my parents were out to dinner.
JC
I asked him and he said a Cessna 172....
Weather permitting he will have his first cross country solo this afternoon! Yikes! :lol:
skyhawk, pretty standard bird. any updates? most of my logged time is in katanas and archers
HurricaneHeather
11-23-2008, 03:40 AM
skyhawk, pretty standard bird. any updates? most of my logged time is in katanas and archers
the CC was a no go today....clouds were too low. Will probably go Monday.
HurricaneHeather
11-23-2008, 02:40 PM
His little write up about the solo:
My big news, as of Friday, is that I have been endorsed to solo! It's not a license yet, but it's a big step. Friday morning, my instructor told me to grab a weather brief, and to preflight the plane. I did, and another instructor, not mine, shows up, and tells me he is riding along. He goes up with me, and has me perform some maneuvers, practice some crosswind landings (does the wind ever blow straight down the runway here?) He tells me on base leg, "If you prove to me that you can land safely, I will get out and you can make three in the pattern by yourself." We land and taxi to the FBO, and he gets out. "I wanna see 3 good landings, Okay?" as he holds up his fingers to show me, since the engine is running and my headset is on.
I taxi back to the runway, runup, check the final approach path, call on the radio, and roll onto the runway. Remembering all that Matt and Javier have told me, I push in the throttle, ease into the rudder, and turn into the wind. At rotation speed, I gently pull back on the yoke, and trim to climb out. My first trip in the pattern was good, and the landing was soft, even though it was off centerline. My next trip, however, the guy behind me was way too close, and I tried to get ahead of him, but I came in too fast and floated, so I punched it, and called that I was going around. I had barely climbed out, and this guy was already catching me again, I thought he was going to run into the back of me! Fortunately, I turned crosswind and downwind quickly and spread us out again. My next two landings were "spot on" my instructor said, as he got back into the plane! So there it was, in Waxahachie Texas, at Midolothain Airport when I got my solo endorsement. What a day!
NONE_too_SOFT
11-23-2008, 03:02 PM
blah blah blah blah. i want some good material.
HurricaneHeather
11-23-2008, 04:08 PM
blah blah blah blah. i want some good material.
So you are just bored then?
Why don't you go outside and chase some squirrels? It'll be fun. I promise. :D
OneSickPsycho
11-23-2008, 06:23 PM
So you are just bored then?
Why don't you go outside and chase some squirrels? It'll be fun. I promise. :D
:lol: I just had a vision of my fat ass running around trying to catch squirrels... NOT A PRETTY PICTURE...
smileyman
11-24-2008, 11:26 AM
Congrats Hurricane! Great experience and glad you shared it. I so want to become a pilot...
Krabill
11-24-2008, 04:47 PM
His little write up about the solo:
So there it was, in Waxahachie Texas, at Midolothain Airport when I got my solo endorsement. What a day!
Small world. Here's my view as I was flying into Midlothian a few years ago . . .
http://i37.tinypic.com/w0288k.jpg
Mr Lefty
11-24-2008, 04:53 PM
Congrats Hurricane! Great experience and glad you shared it. I so want to become a pilot...
really? none of us would ever think you'd wanna fly... :lol:
smileyman
11-24-2008, 04:57 PM
really? none of us would ever think you'd wanna fly... :lol:
When I get my 3/4 scale biplane built you will be the first I strafe, airman!
Mr Lefty
11-24-2008, 05:02 PM
:lol: but would a 3/4 scale support a large lady like your self, Shamone?
smileyman
11-24-2008, 05:43 PM
:rofl: 3/4 scale Sopwith maybe not, but when this bad boy finds you!!! Hell probably has the range to get me to Korea too!
Mr Lefty
11-24-2008, 06:06 PM
fuck... and I stick out like a sore thumb... damn my 6'3 hight...
I'll just have to cover myself with jucy girls... mama san armor FTW
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