kelldragon

Holy shit, I almost got fucking KILLED today by a student.

So, I'm teaching landings to this guy that's never flown before. I tell him "LIGHTLY put your hands on the controls so you can feel how to land the plane." So, we're about 100 feet off the ground, and instead of LIGHTLY holding the controls, he's got them in a goddamn DEATH GRIP. I...
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Okay, FINALLY moved down to Arlington, TX and am gainfully employed teaching people how to fly airplanes.

It's kinda slow right now, but I'm starting to get a steady stream of students coming in the door. They range from people that want to do this for a living to the absolute bizarre. The other day, I had a guy wander in off the street and...
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Ya know what sucks? Looking for a place to live on-line when you're hours away. Not like 2-3 hours, more like 7.

I'd like to be able to check out any apartments that I would like to live in some way OTHER than pictures taken by marketing people and posted on-line.

It's damn near a moot point, though. I really don't have the money to...
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Well, found out today, I've got a job!

This will be my first official job where I get paid to fly, or at least teach other people to fly as the case may be. Right now, I'm hanging out in Tupelo, MS (about an hour south of Memphis, TN), and I'll be here until about August 8th. They told me to come on down sometime...
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Well, that's that. Done with all the flight instructor ratings. I'm now 100% legal to teach people how to fly airplanes. Scary thought, huh? I'll be driving out of this hell on Earth place known as Arlington, TX sometime tomorrow and trekking back to Memphis, TN. For there, I'll hole up and send out resumes to everywhere I can think of until I get a...
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Jesus, I've been busy lately....anyway. It's storming outside, so I can actually update on what the hell's been going on.

So, the FAA guy with the zero precent pass rate and proud of it? He doesn't have anything to be proud of anymore. I flew better than I had before in my entire life, and I could tell he was looking for shit to bust...
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Well, done some flying to get up to par for the checkride on Tues. I think I'm flying better than I ever have, so I might actually have a shot of shoving one in the FAA inspector's face.

Even better news, I might actually be going back "home" to Orlando in a few weeks! My old flight school there is hiring instructors, and I know...
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Well, I've been in Texas for almost two months, and I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. I've got my checkride for my flight instructor rating with the FAA next week. Cool. The inspector that I got stuck with has a nasty reputation. Shitty. Rumor around the airport is that he has a 0% pass rate, and he likes it that...
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GodDAMN, did that suck. I should have been back in Arlington last night, but mother nature gave us the big ole middle finger and placed a nice line of 45,000 foot thunderstorms right between Memphis and Arlington. So, we had to crash at my parents' house for the night. At least we weren't stuck somewhere like Pine Bluff, AR and have to get a hotel...
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For the record, in case anyone was wondering, lesson plans SUCK. I'm working on my flight instructor stuff right now, and about 80% of it is writing out lesson plans to make teaching people how to fly easier. But, DAMN is there a lot of stuff. Took me two hours to write ONE lesson plan on how three instrument systems work. I could stand in...
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