And one great part about that was the food they practiced cooking, Heather brought home for dinner. And it was delicious! Chicken pot pie, rolls, and (exotic) fruit salad, all made from scratch as scratch can be! She said the rolls took four hours to make, and you would not believe how many pots and pans they used for everything. Cooking overseas is going to be a new challenge!
Today was our third day of flight training and it was a gorgeous day! Gorgeous days have been in short supply around here lately. We took full advantage and got lots of practice in. We started off the day by heading to a gravel strip to practice on called Duster East.
Duster East is perched right on the edge of a plateau. We flew around it a few times to gather information about it to see if it was suitable for us to land on. After we landed, my instructor Tim pointed out something I hadn't yet thought of....that was my first airstrip landing (not at an airport)! With MAF there will surely be many more of those!
Here's my instructor Tim by the plane.
Luke lands at ZX ranch
And then takes off....
A little while later, we got in the airplane and did the same thing.
It was a very fun, challenging, tiring and very educational day.
And me.
After our trip to Duster East, I had the chance to practice canyon turn-arounds and ridge crossings, another first for me! Definitely not something we did up in Michigan! After visiting a small paved airport for more practice, we went to another dirt airstrip called ZX ranch. Once again, we made a few passes to observe the airstrip and see if it was suitable to land. As we did that, my classmate Luke was on the ground with his instructor walking and measuring the airstrip. As soon as we landed, Luke and his instructor were back in their airplane and ready to do some takeoffs and landings. So as they did that, and while Tim and I walked the strip, I got some video.....
After our trip to Duster East, I had the chance to practice canyon turn-arounds and ridge crossings, another first for me! Definitely not something we did up in Michigan! After visiting a small paved airport for more practice, we went to another dirt airstrip called ZX ranch. Once again, we made a few passes to observe the airstrip and see if it was suitable to land. As we did that, my classmate Luke was on the ground with his instructor walking and measuring the airstrip. As soon as we landed, Luke and his instructor were back in their airplane and ready to do some takeoffs and landings. So as they did that, and while Tim and I walked the strip, I got some video.....
Luke lands at ZX ranch
And then takes off....
A little while later, we got in the airplane and did the same thing.
It was a very fun, challenging, tiring and very educational day.
