So today, I had a flight lesson scheduled and we decided yesterday to make it a cross country flight. So last night I planned a flight from Thun Field (KPLU) to Arlington (KAWO). A distance of about 66 nautical miles. I was up until about 11PM making sure I got everything filled out on the flight planning form that I could do without a weather briefing. I had a hard time sleeping last night in anticipation of the flight. I think I finally went to bed at 12:30 and I swear I woke up every 1/2 hour and looked at the clock. When the alarm went off at 6:00AM, I was already awake for a good 15-20 minutes. I got up and retrieved the latest weather from Foreflight and Aviationweather.gov and then I called Lockheed Martin Flight Services to double check the information I got was accurate. Finished filling out … Read More
Just a Couple Random Notes…
Personal – I weighed 275.7 pounds this morning. That officially puts me lower than the lowest I got after lap band surgery. It also means that when I walk into my office on Monday morning, no one there has ever seen me this “thin”. The next milestone to fall will be when I hit 266 pounds. That was the lowest my weight was in 2002 after a few months and losing 50+ pounds on Weight Watchers. When I hit 265 and change, it’s a good bet that no one in the past 18ish years has sen me at that weight? I think I was around 270 in 1997 when Teri & I started dating. There was a lot of working out then, but I don’t think there was much weight lost at that time. I have 12 or so weeks to go on 3010 Weight Loss For Life. If I … Read More
My First Cross Country Flight
Today (Sunday) I hit another milestone in my flight training, my first cross country flight! As I’ve mentioned before a cross country flight is a flight more than 50 nautical miles from your home airport. The plan today was to fly from KPLU (Thun Field) to KHQM (Hoquiam). My flight lesson started at 9:00 AM, and I booked 4 hours of time. I got up at 7AM and started plotting my course on the Sectional Chart and filling out my flight plan. I quickly realized I hadn’t allowed myself enough time to plan this flight! It’s crazy that a 2 hour flight, takes that long to plan. I’m sure as I get better at it I will be faster, but today there definitely was a steep learning curve. I called Lockheed Martin Flight Services for a standard weather briefing. Told them we’d be cruising from KPLU to KHQM at … Read More
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