It's been a week without flying. I was sick, with some bad sinus problems, for a while, so I did a whole heap of nothing.
Feeling better, so I expect I'll be flying a lot to catch up with our schedule.
It's a fun, complicated time in training. We are completing Contact (aerobatics) flying, Instrument simulators, Navigation and Formation classes, and some pretty meaty studying for check rides.
These checks are performed by special instructors, whose sole job it is to evaluate students at certain points in the program. The process is shrouded in mystery. They work in a secret lair, where students cannot enter. Though one hears of others' check rides, one has very little idea what to expect for his own. It's the best that I can do to study and pray - those ought to be enough to battle the check ride forces, right?
As you might guess, I'm coming up on my first check ride this week.
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