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Concrete beauty.
Cirrus Design Corporation finally unveiled the design of its upcoming single engine jet aircraft, called The Jet. It’s a thing of beauty, capable of carrying seven people around, while remaining very easy to fly. Supposedly, it shares a lot of the flight characteristics of the Cirrus SR20 that I am flying today, which should make for an easier transition for me and the thousands of other Cirrus pilots when time comes to set foot in this personal jet. Delivery scheduled for 2009. Patience is a virtue…
It’s been a month and a half since my IFR checkride, and I have not flown since then, at least not as pilot in command. I am back in the air today, for a quick refresher and some additional training required for my endorsement to fly solo on the Cirrus SR20. Eliot and I did two approaches, one in Half Moon Bay (KHAF) under actual instrument conditions, and one in Hayward (KHWD) so that we could check the Piper Seminole on which I am supposed to do half of my multi-engine commercial training. On one hand, the two approaches went surprisingly well, and I am really glad that six weeks on the back seat did not make me forget everything. On the other hand, I was not really impressed by the FBO operating the Piper Seminole we were planning to use, so we decided to do the entire training on the Diamond DA42 Twin Star. The systems on this aircraft are so complicated that I will need a couple of months of ground lessons in order to get familiar with them. Actual training should start toward the end of the Summer. In the meantime, just one more lesson before I can solo on the Cirrus. Awesome!
Tonight, May went to bed early after a long day at home, and I took care of our little snow flake. For the first time, she fell asleep in my arms, and I managed to put her to bed without waking her up. After half an hour of sleep, she would start complaining, I would hold her in my arms, and she would fall asleep again. We performed the same ritual a couple more times, until she fell asleep for good. Feeling her head resting on my shoulders and her little hands grabbing on my sleeves then slowly letting go must be one of the most amazing feelings a father can be blessed with. Unconditional love rewarded by unconditional trust. Double happiness.
Tonight, May and I watched Rashômon [IMDB], one of Akira Kurosawa’s best movies. It was the second installment of our Kurosawa cycle, which started two weeks ago with Shichinin no samurai [IMDB]. Both movies feature Toshirô Mifune, Kurosawa’s favorite actor, but Rashômon is a more contemplative piece, investigating the human condition through the eyes of witnesses to a crime narrated in contradictory ways by four different people. The movie is an absolute masterpiece, and the commentary by Robert Altman definitely worth the watch.
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