Heather's Feathers: March 2009

About Me

Location: Boise, Idaho, United States

As a kid as soon as I knew what airplanes were, I wanted to fly. I'd ask to be taken to air shows, I'd build RC planes and models, and I would dream. In Washington, when we lived up the hill from the Sea-Tac airport, I'd take an old world band radio, climb up the tallest pine tree on our property so I could see the airport, and listen to the traffic. Then I got cancer, grew up, got married, got into computers, and rock crawling with my Suzuki. Now, I've decided enough is enough, and with my wonderful husband's support, I'm going to learn to fly.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Time to get back up there.

Over the last couple of weeks, I went up with Jon for a refresher in the Archer, and then logged an hour this last Friday (the 6th) on a local flight.

Then on Saturday, I went up with Dina from Jetstream in N101GV, a Cessna 172S. I'm working on getting checked out in it, so I have another plane under my belt, and something else to rent in town. Not to say that I don't love the Archer, but my husband loves the Cessnas.

I'm awash right now after this first flight. One plus is I like how I can see so much better out the front and around me while I'm landing in the Cessna, but one negative is the loss of visibility in the direction I'm turning because there's this giant wing in the way. It makes pattern work quite different.

I'm doing the written over this week, and then I'm going to go back up one final time with Dina this coming Thursday to hopefully be fully checked out and signed up for rentals.

Here's a couple of pictures of me and N101GV: