At 0500 my alarm clock made me awake way too early in the morning after a short night.
I took a fast shower, small breakfast and took the van to school to prepare for a 3.5hour flight to Yuma. It's a controlled military airport with 4 runways 5NM away from the Mexican border.
I made a weather briefing, filed my flightplan, completed my navigation log, preflighted my aircraft and at 0830 I departed with the sunrise in my face.
When I arrived there was quite a bit of wind (15 kts headwind) and on short final my groundspeed was only 45 knots, it looks like you're hanging still in the air.
After a smooth landing, a fuelstop, some chips and water and a nice lowpass of a C17 I went back to Falcon.
Like every afternoon I prepared my navigation for the next day and took a little nap to catch up some sleep.
After diner I invited everyone who wanted for a drink at the pool.
Flying for almost 4 hours to the border of Mexico, enjoying the sun in the afternoon and in the evening drinking a refreshing beer at the jacuzzi with nice company.
Realising all that when going to bed to be fit enough for a flight the next day, my 19th birthday will be a day I'll never forget!
I want to thank my mam and dad they let me follow my dream and thanks to the guys who were there for being there
The pilot lounge in Yuma where we can chill out.
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