Yesterday I directed the shoot for the #pilot of my wife's children's #TV show, Lilypad Library. She's been developing the show for the past year, and it was so amazing to get talented people together and get an episode filmed. I'm incredibly proud of her, and I'm proud of myself for getting everything we needed shot in a single day.
I have a lot of editing work ahead of me, but it will be great to have a rough cut to show at #Kidscreen.
The Fetch Quest continues for the FAA medical. I have almost all the documents requested that I can produce, had a Dr appt today to gather some notes related to SSRI use cuz I got sad once about a year ago, and the FAA I'd like "gee I dunno about that" .
Slow and steady I suppose.
I got the update late last night on the engine failure, we lost 2 spark plugs on a single cylinder apparently. I'll look at the engine logbook entry next time I'm up at the airport to see if there's any more details.
This surprised me, considering each cylinder has 2 spark plugs run off separate magnetos for redundancy reasons.
Well as of last night I've completed all the required dual training hours required for a private pilot certificate. I can't begin the 10 hours of solo time requirement until I have a valid medical, and that's held up in the deferred state for the foreseeable future.
There are a few seconds that feel magical to me.
It's when I've prepared the plane, I am ready to take off, and I align the plane to the runway.
For a few seconds, everything feels calm and quiet. Those seconds feel like minutes. I relax totally.
Then you hear "Easy001, cleared for take-off, 35R". I set the thrust to 50%, check the engines, put the thrust lever to Flex. The speed increases, all I see is the runway and how I need to keep the plane in the center line. Then the non-flying pilot announces "V1" and "Rotate", and I'm finally airborne.
Departing Gerald R Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids Michigan, on the climb out to 3500 ft
Seemed like a good day to rock the @GrrCON shirt
"Pilots take stand against Single Pilot flights: 'One Means None'" by @eu_cockpit - Commercial pressure for single #pilot airline crew ignores decades of industry #safety experience. Two pilots cross-check & split work. https://www.eurocockpit.eu/news/pilots-take-stand-against-single-pilot-flights-one-means-none #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
Just need a stand for my #fairphone to charge at night. So this old broken #palm #pilot #pda cradle now has a new live
Sunday Cont.
This was flown by hand, no auto pilot involved
Happy Sunday,
Today, I completed my first Cross Country Flight (Flight over 50 Nautical Miles).
We flew from Mason Mi to Sturgis Mi and back.
I need a headset.
Ah yes, the budget friendly one will do ($699)