Here's my pretty bride in her bridesmaid dress!
And a few weeks back, my dear friend Brad married Rachele. Heather still had morning sickness then, but thankfully we could still make it to the wedding. Here's a few pictures from the wedding.
I have some exciting news. I passed my commercial checkride on June 24th! For those not in with the aviation jargon, I passed a big test to earn my commercial pilot's certificate. It was a full day test, with a full morning of quizzing from the examiner, then a flight test in two different airplanes, culminating in the nerve-wracking "simulated engine out" where you only have one chance to land the airplane within two hundred feet after a selected point on the runway with no engine power. Praise the Lord I passed, and am now a commercial pilot! The most common question I get is, "wow, does that mean now you can go fly one of those big 737s or something"...the answer ironically is no. But it is the beginning point for those that do fly in the airlines. As for me, it is the basic requirement that Mission Aviation Fellowship requires (in addition to the A&P mechanic's license). They recommend a flight instructor rating (which Im working on right now) and also require at least four hundred flight hours. If I work as a flight instructor for about a year, like we're planning right now, then I will be well beyond the 400 hour minimum.
