Weather Strikes in California

Who would have guessed that weather would be a factor in Southern California.  Well it was today. After completing my morning routine (workout then studying) I headed to the school house for our flight. 

After checking the weather I found the weather not great but it was ok for instrument flying.  Heck that is why we learn to fly in the weather.   However as I was pre-flighting the plane, the weather got worse, with icing along our route. So Dane and I canceled the trip and settled for some ground work.  With all my studying I felt I was getting a better handle (still not great) on my instrument rating knowledge so I asked Dane to look for holes in my knowledge.  Well he found some but thankful I held my own.  However I had a list of items to restudy.    I'm scheduled to fly with the Navy the rest of the week so I'll have alot of time to study. 

More Simulator Work

Today was spent studying and spending some time in the simulator.  After spending the morning working out and then studying. I headed to the school house for a simulator session.  Its getting to be fun again. There are more students now so there is a great comradeship and support for each other.   Today's lesson was more approaches and holding patterns.
After two hours in the simulator, I felt good about my "ride" it was nice it was the first time I felt good about my job in the sim.  I wasn't perfect, but did feel like if the flight was real I would have completed the flight well.    Tomorrow we'll be flying to Riverside and back.  Wow hoo.. more flight time 

Fourth of July Weekend...

Well I spent the most of the weekend flying for the Navy as a loadmaster.  I spent sunday evening relaxing after returning from our trip. I spent today studying for my IFR rating.  It amazes me how much studying is required.  Nothing too exciting but its a fact of being a IFR student.