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30 days ago
I am now flying jets for a living... My first flight was in a Citation 550 to do three landings with the chief pilot Andy. What is the most impressive at first is the acceleration you feel when full power is applied on the take off roll. By the time I started getting over that Andy called V1 and Vr and up we went in a hurry. I leveled up around 2,000ft and had to be reminded to ease up on the power otherwise I would bust the 250kts speed limitation below 10,000ft. We took the airplane over Galveston bay and I did a few steep turns to get a better feel for the airplane. We then headed for Ellington field for my first landing. The approach went well but I flared it like a 172 and kept floating a couple feet above the runway until I got the stick shaker a which time the airplane finally smoothly settled down on the runway. We applied full power and stayed in the pattern for a second landing. This landing went well and we went back to Hobby for the third one which was a greaser. ...
71 days ago
I got my first pilot job offer on my 34th birthday, 6 years to the day after I started training for my private pilot license. I will be flying for a charter company based in Houston. Julie and I are moving back to Texas next Friday, should be a nice road trip with Orion. Feels like going home. My start date is October 5th. It is hard leaving a great job at Boeing with a wonderful team of people designing the last 747 but I cannot pass on such an opportunity.
105 days ago
Sam did his first solo today and did great! Two landings to a full stop at Arlington in 4801D.
156 days ago
That's it I gave my first flying lesson yesterday. Sam is doing great. He can now taxi, take off, fly staight and level, climb, descend, and turn. He also did about 80% of his second landing on his own. Next flight is Saturday, for a review of all of the above plus slow flight and power-off stalls.
180 days ago
I should start teaching my first student in the next two weeks. Looking forward to it. And I got accepted as an instructor at BEFA.
