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So I'm up to about 18 hours now (man... weather sucks over the winter).
In the interim, I decided to get Lasik surgery done on my eyes (turned out quite well, thank you) that has had me waiting before I could get my medical. As a result, I've done a lot more dual before solo than would normally be required. It is awfully nice to see well without glasses though. Braver then me! I've been wearing glasses for over 25 years, and would like to consider Lasik, but I always have a nasty recurring fear that it'll screw up my eyes, and hence, my pilots licence. :-) No really scary happenings during training. Here in Canada, there is spin instruction (I understand this isn't the case in the US?) Recently they changed it that spins have to be demonstrated, but not practiced. My CFI asked if I would like to try a few, and I'm a sucker when it comes to trying cool things in a plane, so of course I did. That, and spiral dives have been the "hairiest" of the flying I've done. I'm in Ontario, and did my spins a few months ago.. An interesting experience, no? I wasn't fancy on the spins, but the spirals seemed like a non-event to me after I actually went out and did them. Had an interesting flight awhile ago. Here in Montreal, there are two large airports. The Pierre Elliot Trudeau (formerly Dorval) airport, and the Mirabel airport. Mirabel was "supposed" to be the big international when the government built it in the 70's, but has turned out to be a white elephant. It's still open, but pretty much no traffic. We flew out there to do some touch and goes. It is a BIG change to do touch and goes in a C-152 on a 12,000 foot by 200 foot runway, when you're used to something Wow! I've been to Mirabel in the course of my work, although I could never immagine flying in there in a 152.. No fear of running out of runway there. :-) I'll have to keep that in mind when I get my ticket - it woud be an experience for sure! :-) The ATC there must find themselves with alot of spare time nowadays. Here's a satellite pic of Mirabel, for anyone interested: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mirabe...6744&t=k&hl=en (I'm pretty sure it's Mirabel... I suppose I could look in my CFS to make sure, but since this is unofficial like..and my CFS is out in my car, I'll make an assumption..) Anyhow, wanted to give an update and let you all know that I'm enjoying reading and learning from the newsgroup as I go along. Why the hell didn't I do this earlier? Have fun, I'm doing it as well! BTW, Join us over in rec.aviation.student - more student oriented there. Mark Morissette Courtice, Ontario, Canada http://oshawapilot.blogspot.com (My student pilot blog) |
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