Let me back track and share with you my first hand-written journal entry about my new endeavor…
March 9: Well, Al (my husband) has opened the door to me getting my Glider Pilot Certificate and he suggested I keep a journal to see how my thinking changes throughout the process…so here it is.
After looking at the requirements, I am sure I won’t be soloing! There’s SO MUCH to learn, do and remember that I’m not confident I’ll ever be able to finish.
I do look foward to trying, though, and fully enjoying the process.
So for now I’m reading and preparing for lessons that may begin as early as the end of March or the beginning of April – weather dependent, of course.
And I’m off!
March 27: Who would have thought that you could soar in such cold weather?
After working this morning and getting bundled in layers, I headed out to 5B2 (Saratoga County Airport) for my first gliding lesson.
I actually had an introductory flight near the end of last season and LOVED it, so I spent the winter contemplating actually trying to learn something new.
While working with my students, however, something struck me. I tell others to stay active and keep trying new things to keep their brains ‘young’, but I wasn’t actually living that way! While I do keep my brain ‘tuned’ through my work with the kids, I don’t actually do much to stretch or keep it growing.
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My instructor, Jim Morzillo, gave me a quick briefing and off we went. He didn’t warn me that he would be handing the glider off to me so quickly…like on tow! Actually, that turned out to be ok since I didn’t have time to be scared or to over think what I was supposed to do. We survived!
The gliding wasn’t too bad. Thermals were few and not too strong and we spent 30 minutes learning some maneuvers and how to read the instrument panel.
Finally, our time was up and we headed back to earth.
Back on solid ground, I started learning the ropes of the ground operations like hooking up the glider to the tow plane, getting the glider on the runway for tow in addition to some of the signals used to actually get the glider in the air.
A chilly, but absolutely fun afternoon.
For those of you who heard I had a permanent smile, well, it was just frozen that way from the cold! 😉
Lesson from today: Gliding, unlike power flying, is “all flying all the time!”
Can’t wait to get back out there next weekend!
Thanks, honey!