Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Officially started flying lessons

Well, March 30, 2016 marks the official date that I have started flying lessons. I was looking to go up in an Extra like I had done before on a past trip, but I decided that it was time to get serious about starting my license. So, I had booked an into flight with Airworx in Las Vegas, based out of KVGT. The CFI for the first session was Aaron Root. I though him to be a great instructor right away. We did the walk around, talked a bit. Then we jumped into the Piper Cherokee and started going thru the preflight checklist. I started the engine, listened to the ATIS, Contact ground, and soon I was taxing out to the runway. Soon we were off to the southern practice area, with me in the left seat practicing level flight and turns. It was a challage that day as the weather and winds where all over the map being that the area is right next to the mountains.

I was immediatly hooked! So I booked another session April 1st. Back at it. Walk-around, Checklists, Taxi, Run-up, more checklists, take-off (by the CFI) elevating and decending turns, slow flying, powered stalls, Landing (by the CFI). And then followed with some ground school on aerodynamics. Beautiful!!

So its official..2.6 hours logged.