Just Keep Flying...

More good news from Phoenix, we have been flying between 5 and 8 details a week since my last post, with only once cancelled flight in almost the last three weeks! The temperature is now pretty consistently over 40 degrees every day. Meaning that the weather and the winds have died down nicely leaving ideal flying conditions.

All of this flying has taken us into the territory of navigation solos, with the qualifying cross country coming up the week after next, so progress is good! On Nav's Arizona is quite challenging which we have all found, due to the lack of features to navigate VFR, plus the amount to Military Operating Areas and Restricted Airspace. You really need to be switched on all the way around to make sure you don't bust any airspace, not something that is taken lightly by the FAA. Busting airspace in America is one of the quickest ways to get yourself a flight back to the UK...! All the more reason to be really switched on.

Although we may not have all of the weather challenges of the other training centers we do have our fair share of things... It certainly is not an easy ride learning to fly in the sun as some may think.

Another CTC CP of 5 has arrived in Phoenix and are getting stuck into ground school, unfortunate for those guys but at least there are no exams for them to do! In 2 weeks they will be up in the air and happy, but for now it is many mass briefs!

Our schedule has stayed the same with weekends off so again we have found plenty to keep us busy, numerous baseball games and concerts to be seen in downtown phoenix. As well as a couple of BBQ's to welcome the new CP, obviously all of them ended up in the pool, many times.

For now, I have a 4am alarm call tomorrow for a solo nav flight, so time for bed...