This blog used to be all about swim meets. Now it's all about flying.
Noah got to fly two days in a row and his instructor is nearly ready to release him to fly "solo nav" - meaning he can fly further afield on his own versus just short local flights.
In contrast to learning to drive, flying solo is part of the normal course of instruction and requirements before obtaining a pilot's license.
The weather turned out to be not so great on Tuesday, so the instructor took advantage of not being able to fly far to have Noah do a lot of exercises.
In Noah's words: "It was a practice 'end of the world flight': airspeed indicator failure, flap failure, engine failure, flight control failure, alternator failure, radio failure, field landing exercises, engine vibration, blind flight exercises, and ground fire."
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| Day 1: not super weather |
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| Day 1 |
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| Day 2: he took a friend along, who took photos |
