Cleared direct Gateway.

My steep turns in the ‘nole are nothing short of stellar.  That’s all I have for tonight.

The past few days have followed the same schedule.  Basically we have met at 7am.  I flew the sim for about an hour, then the other student I am paired up with flew for another hour.  Tuesday and Wednesday we had ground class afterwards.  Our instructor went over different systems, aerodynamic characteristics, maneuvers, and checklists. 

I went home and took a nap, spent some time studying.   I was able to memorize the prodcedures for all of the maneuvers in about 2 hours while dry flying my comfy chair at Starbucks while sipping a hot chocolate.

Today we spent about a half hour each in the sim performing different maneuvers.  Then my instructor and I went up in the Seminole.  I was very impressed with the airplane.  It flew so well.  It is much quieter and smoother than the Cessna.  Though the airflow through the cabin is not as good.  Tomorrow is more of the same.  We are going to practice some engine failures in the sim then head up in the airplane.  My checkride is on Monday, so I have been doing a lot of studying.  But I feel confident that I will be ready for it.

Well today was day 1 of the ACPP.  We spent a chunk of the morning filling out paperwork.  Then it was onto Seminole systems. 

There are 4 of us in the class.  Myself and another guy went through the private program together, and the other two guys are new to ATP having done their PPL at different schools.  My instructor from the private program is instructing the two new guys, and I am with a new instructor.  I’ve flown with him once or twice before and he is pretty good so I am looking forward to the next few months.

Tomorrow looks to be basically more systems and aerodynamics with an hour or so in the Sim towards the end of the day.  I also have Dave Matthews Band tickets tomorrow night so I am going to get my studying out of the way tonight.