Jaime's Flyin'

Lesson 2 and 3 did not become less overwhelming.  So much to learn and soak up.  Although I do feel like despite only having three lessons-- things are making some sense.  Kinda.  At least, becoming more familiar.  And to me, that is a plus.  Everything here is SO DIFFERENT, so I instantly recognize when something seems familiar! I have learned many equations to figure my weights and balances and my air density.  Not hard math, but sometimes confusing as to why I need to know the numbers when we figure them up.  (I feel like my students in the past who asked me "why do I need to know this?")  I have learned how to do a pre-flight check, and I have taxied, turned and rolled.  Funny thing is, in the middle of learning I feel so lost and yet when I am done and reflect, I feel like I have learned more than I realize especially considering I have only had three lessons!  My instructor Matt, really does make me do things immediately. ...

 PRE-LESSON:  Today is the day!  My second "first" flight lesson.  Only about 30 years later.... My husband is on board and seemingly as excited as me!  But how did this 46 year old woman get enrolled in flight school? When I was 17-18 years old I had finally worn my parents down to where they gave in and agreed to flight lessons.  Why did I want them so much? My parent's high school friend, Terry, is to blame.  He would fly out from California to see his Grandmother and on one occasion he mistakenly took me up for a ride.  I was never the same.  On other visits he would offer more flying trips and I became hooked.  He even told my mom "If you send her out to California for a summer I can send her home with her pilot's license!"  To which my mother replied, "She can't drive a car yet, what self-respecting mother would let her daughter fly a plane before she can drive a car?"  Evidently, not my mother.  However, between T...