Well, as it turns out, a LOT of dust has to be blown off. I've been taking flight lessons all year, though my instructor only teaches on the weekend because of his day job, which is handy with my day job. It's been 9 months since I started, but only flying on the weekends and only then when we're in town doesn't leave much time.
I'm probably a month away from taking my checkride, but for those interested, I thought I'd post a little update on the last few flights I took. Here's a view of the following three flights courtesy of my handy-dandy GPS that I throw up on the dash when I'm flying to log everything.
Flight 1 (red): This was my long cross-country flight to KLFK (Lufkin, TX) on . At least the first half of it before my GPS battery died...
Flight 2 (turquoise): This was my flight from this past Saturday (January 1, 2011) where we practiced stalls, steep turns, and slow flight.
Flight 3 (blue): And finally this was my flight just yesterday (Sunday, January 2, 2011) where I put the eye-blockers on and flew completely on instruments. My instructor told me where to go, got me good and lost, took the foggles off and then said "ok, take me back home". I'm writing this post so you know what happened.
Click on the picture below for the details.
