4/20

Yesterday I went with my instructor in my plane up to melbourne,florida.  Home to the best waves in florida. On the way there I got some more time under the hood which I desperatly needed. We got there no problem in about an hour and a half.  When we were there we went inside florida techs aviation school for a little bit.  We then had to cut our visit a little short because I had to be back for practice..all in all I felt like I got a lot done yesterday..lookin forward to doing a longer trip.

April 13

Today I had family from spain come over and my dad told me to take them flying.  So I took them down to ocean reef club which is a private island with a runway and a marina with huge houses and a golf course.  The only reason why I can get in is because my dds partner is a member there.  So anyways I took them down to get some lunch and show them around.  On the way back I was about to land back in ft lauderdale and right before I was going to land, one of the airport security vehicles blew a tire while crossing the runway. So they had to shut down the airport for a little while so I had to land at pompano airport and wait for them to open it again. 

April 12

Today I just stayed home and watched the dvd's on instrument flying.  I'm learning how to do missed approaches.  A missed approach is when your coming in to land during instrument conditions and you have reached your minumum altitude in which if you do not see the runway by that time you have to execute the missed approach which is in easier terms just going around again to try another approach.

April 11

I took a couple friends down to the keys to get some lunch and do a charter fishing trip. I was surprised to find out tht the cabs down there are only 8 bucks to anywhere on the island.  I will definetly do that again.  On the way back I showed them what zero gravity felt like. Its like the feeling u get on a drop in a roller coaster times 10.  I haven't done much intrument training with my instructor. Hopefully I will have more time after baseball season is over.

April 1

Today I do not plan on flying because I have a big district baseball game against Western tonight.  I hope everyone comes out to support us.  Tomorow I will have another journal as I plan on taking my friends to the keys. :)

March 31

After baseball practice I went home and decided that it would be a good challenge to go flying today, because of the gusting winds.  When I got to the airport it was kind of funny seeing other planes battling the winds as they were coming in to land.  So I took the plane up and just stayed locally and did 3 decent landings.  These crosswind landings are very interesting as you have to bank the wings into the wind as u keep the rudder in the opposite direction to keep you flying straight, its a skill that only devolops the more you practice crosswind landings.

March 28

I took my friend flying for the first time, he really enjoyed it and to my surprise he was not too scared.  We only flew for about an hour because there was some severe thunderstorms moving into the area, I actually made it back with only minutes to spare before the winds started gusting and before it started to pour. All in all it was a good first flight forhim.