a quiet week for me

Well, from the looks of things it's going to be a fairly quiet week for this flight instructor! Instead of my usual 5 or 6 students, I only have to really worry about 3! James is out of town, Dan is doing his final stage checks and checkride for his commercial certificate, and Suzanne wound up having to postpone flying till some "powers that be" approve her loans for her flight training. Flying does tend to be rather expensive, so if you plan on getting flight training, there are a lot of scholarships available, and I'd recommend you apply for as many as you can! www.uaa.aero, www.youngeagles.org, and www.nbaa.org are great places to start. It's always better when someone else is paying your flight bill!

Once again, I've got a few guys going for tests, so cross your fingers, wish them luck, do whatever you want! William has a stage check on Tuesday, and Dan is going after a stage check and checkride both this week before the military ships him off for the US Air Force Academy prep school. Nothing like a good, fast approaching deadline, right? Paul passed his stage check with flying colors, so this week he's going to be blazing through the lessons in the new airplane (Cessna 172RG). He's already done one flight in the RG, and seems to be picking it up quickly. It's always nice to not have to remind your student to put the landing gear down! Probably the highlight of last week was a trip with Dan down to Grand Lake Regional Airport (aka Monkey Island) near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Final approach was entertaining enough... I think a photo will explain why: