Yesterday, the Shane and I completed a family goal of ours. That goal was to have him train me to be able to handle the airplane in case of emergency. We flew a total of five times and flew 50 minutes each time. Pilots would call the flight time nine tenths of an hour. The weather was awesome and the sky was smooth!
Shane added quite a few elements to this lesson which made it more challenging! We still had a lot of fun! This flight we took off circled the town, crossed the runway, and then flew a heading to Knoxville. When we got close to Knoxville we prepared to fly the pattern in order to land. This wasn't something I hadn't done in the airplane before, but we'd talked about during a ground lesson. I was slightly worried about it, but Shane did a great job of coaching me through it. We worked our way through it and then it was time to land. We went through all the procedures/tasks and soon we were on the ground. Shane looked extremely happy once we were on the ground. It was then that he enlightened me to the fact that I had landed the plane on my own. The icing on the cake was that I'd even had a decent landing. I was totally pumped!! I honestly thought that he had been assisting me in completing the landing. I am now crossing land a plane off my bucket list!
I've had many people ask if I am going to move forward and obtain my pilot's license. At this point it's a wait and see. I don't want to commit and then realize that it's not for me. So I guess I'll take it one flight at a time. As for having my hubby as my instructor we'll take that one flight at a time as well. He is a wonderful teacher, and we've had an amazing experience so far. I want it to stay that way. I've heard some not so positive stories about husband's teaching their wives to fly, and want to avoid that. Shane and I have both agreed that if either of us has hesitations we'll move in a different direction.
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