Flight prep stuff
Mar. 18th, 2016 08:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynI'm awake. I'm at work. It's sunny out, and I've had some iced coffee. I can deal with the day even if it's forty-five degrees and humidcoldwindy out. Tomorrow I'll be flying again, on the lone forecasted sunny day this weekend; there's supposed to be a nor'easter arriving overnight in time to drop a mess on Sunday. Or maybe it's set to change its path before then, I don't know The point is, whee flying tomorrow.
I need to do more ground class studying. If I'm getting to the point of being able to hover properly, fairly soon I'll be learning to do autorotations, and then it'll just be a question of getting all my log documentation together to prove that I have the hours and the skill to solo. And in order to solo, you have to pass the FAA written test, and while the written test minimum passing grade is 70, the flight school I'm at does not allow its students to take the written test unless they can pass the practice tests with a score of at least 85. Preferably higher. So, yeah, I have some studying to do. Which is fine, because it's been a long time since I really did any academic work and I'd feel better if I had to periodically lock myself up with a book or an e-text.
I'm also going to have to consider something else. Back when I got my student pilot medical certificate, the doctor asked me if I had any scars or tattoos, for identification purposes. I kind of got it into my head that I would look into getting a tattoo somewhere on my back once I soloed. I'd thought at the time that I rather liked the Brotherhood of Steel emblem, and I still do, but given what they wind up like in Fallout 4... gah. Not likely. Something else would be more appropriate. I want to look into a few options, both in terms of design and in terms of reliable artists.
I also need to contact AOPA and see about pilot's insurance. Apparently the basic policies a lot of people have through their employers don't cover general aviation accidents even if they cover crashes on commercial airlines. I don't own an aircraft, but if I'm going to rent one for solo hours, I'm still treated as pilot-in-command, which affects things.
Wonder if I can take a chunk of vacation time this year and just practice flying every day for a week....
I need to do more ground class studying. If I'm getting to the point of being able to hover properly, fairly soon I'll be learning to do autorotations, and then it'll just be a question of getting all my log documentation together to prove that I have the hours and the skill to solo. And in order to solo, you have to pass the FAA written test, and while the written test minimum passing grade is 70, the flight school I'm at does not allow its students to take the written test unless they can pass the practice tests with a score of at least 85. Preferably higher. So, yeah, I have some studying to do. Which is fine, because it's been a long time since I really did any academic work and I'd feel better if I had to periodically lock myself up with a book or an e-text.
I'm also going to have to consider something else. Back when I got my student pilot medical certificate, the doctor asked me if I had any scars or tattoos, for identification purposes. I kind of got it into my head that I would look into getting a tattoo somewhere on my back once I soloed. I'd thought at the time that I rather liked the Brotherhood of Steel emblem, and I still do, but given what they wind up like in Fallout 4... gah. Not likely. Something else would be more appropriate. I want to look into a few options, both in terms of design and in terms of reliable artists.
I also need to contact AOPA and see about pilot's insurance. Apparently the basic policies a lot of people have through their employers don't cover general aviation accidents even if they cover crashes on commercial airlines. I don't own an aircraft, but if I'm going to rent one for solo hours, I'm still treated as pilot-in-command, which affects things.
Wonder if I can take a chunk of vacation time this year and just practice flying every day for a week....
