It has begun! Ground School kit in hand I headed off to my first lesson. Not knowing what to bring, I brought everything I was given; I even brought my confusion. Showing up for the first lesson was more of a figure it out as you go.
Sure I booked a flight but what does that really mean, I had a time to show up. There was paper work to fill out and head to a counter to hand in a form…get handed a bag of stuff and waiting for my instructor. The guy behind the counter was at least helpful on my first form. Basically, I needed my name, instructor and the date.
The lesson was booked for two hours about 30 mins was sitting talking about flight attitudes. Not like a z-snap ‘Oh no she didn’t’ but pitch, roll and yaw. We used a small plane, from the Planes movie too, to go over the attitudes. Then out to the plane.
My instructor did a walk around as I furiously made notes. We hopped in and started on a checklist to get it started. The seat belt is my nemesis, pull it too fast and it locks up, too slow – IT LOCKS UP! It needs to be the 3rd bowl of porridge, just right.
Taxi, take off and off to the practice area. Controls were demonstrated and then I had control to try out the different movements. I was in control back to the pattern and my instructor put us on the ground and back to the parking area. That hour went by fast!
Back into the office for the last bit of paper work and then to pay up. Here please take my Vi-za (Simpsons Kid) Visa. Overall, happy and excited to keep up in the air.
The weather was clear but very gusty, 1.1 hours 1.7 total.