Back in the Air
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!
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