Friday, April 25, 2008

Self Portrait in Flight

While John is busy with slow moving reptiles in FL, I'm busy chugging around the Houston sky trying to avoid fast moving avians in the air! For me the last couple weeks, the bane of my existance was the weather which kept interfereing with my flights and scrubbing me out a dozen times or so.

But between yesterday and today I managed to finish all of my required solo hours!! So what that means is I have officially completed all the requirements towards my pilot's license. The only thing left is a review flight or two with my instructor and then I will be ready to take the FAA flight exam. I am getting pretty excited to get this done and I can't wait for the test (hmmm... rarely do I say that) to make me an official pilot.

At the end of my flight this afternoon, I grabbed my camera and took this self portrait while flying to prove that I really have been up there and to mark the end of my "training".

4 comments:

ACQ said...

I'm glad the weather finally cleared! Looks like you're having a great time.

John said...

That photo proves nothing. Just like landing on the moon, that photo could have been taken on a movie set in Arizona or New Mexico!!!

Jen said...

Wow, you're getting it done so fast! I've resolved to go twice a week until I'm done. No more month-long breaks!

Becca said...

Ironically, my instrument flying has been slowed because we're at the point that my instructor wants to do a few lessons in the clouds (not mandatory per the FAA, but important I think) and the weather has been too good for nearly two months now!

When you get your license, you'll have to join Jen, Jose and I in our little Saturday flying club to keep us all in the air once a week :)