First flight

This morning I had my very first flight!!
It's not possible to describe in any language the supermega feeling to be on the controls all by myself!!
We did a take-off from Falcon Field, went to the North-East practise area (between the mountains), touch&go followed by a full stop landing back to the Sabena ramp.
The temperature was just good (33°) not to have to much turbulence, blue sky's and a very nice instructor.
From now on the "real work" will begin. We should fly every day from now on until the solo check which will be within about 2 weeks.

Happy landings!!

After take-off, Runway's on the right

NE practise area












On final for 22L Falcon Field













Red mountain

Some more free days

Hi there!

Normally our first flight would be on Friday but they didn't plan us for whatever the reason was...
We hope everyone will be flying on Monday that but that's not sure yet, they predict some very nasty "you-don't-want-to-be around-thunderstorms" which are quite frequent in Arizona during the summer.
They can come together with very strong winds, gusts, heavy rain, bad visibility, ...
Let's hope for the best!!

We only received all the books and manuals on Wednesday so it was not that bad we didn't fly on Friday. We went to school, took the keys of some airplanes and studied some flows and procedures.
We even have to study some new noise abatement procedures because there were lot's of complains about the noise...

DUH, it's an AIRPORT!!... it's just the same like Brussels; people buy cheap houses next to the airport and than they complain about the noise, just UNBELIEVABLE!*!

One thing is sure, WE WON'T STOP FLYING for the next 6 months!!

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Enkele sfeesbeelden van deze week en "The Springs"




















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