Learning To FlyChronicles of my experiences taking flying lessons at Northern California's West Valley Flying Clubtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150422832006-02-17T01:56:49ZBlogger
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trueMKT2006-05-18T11:09:00-07:002006-05-18T18:16:16Z2006-05-18T18:16:16Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042283.post-114797617685046183PostscriptI know I'd said this blog was done, but a couple of final notes.
First off, many thanks to Kevin, my instructor, whose real name is Sergey. He is the greatest instructor imaginable, and I could go into detail for three hours about how awesome he is. My future ratings will be without the benefit of his instruction, as he's chosen to take a job with SkyWest. I can only hope that I get to be onfalseMKT2006-05-02T23:40:00-07:002006-05-03T06:55:08Z2006-05-03T06:55:08Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042283.post-114663930890181200PP-ASEL!I am now officially a Private Pilot, Airplane Single-Engine Land! Yes, it's a mouthful, as well it should be, given the complexity of the journey. Especially that last part of the journey.
Today I met with Kevin at 8:00am and after dealing with the paperwork for the re-test, we flew to Hayward without violating anyone's airspace. We only flew for a half hour, but it was still nice to get outfalse