Putting the fires out, one at a time

So things are going at quite a rapid pace now. It seems just as you get used to one thing, they add another on top of it. An instuctor pilot once told me, "it's time like this, you just have to put the fire out that is furthest up your leg!"

This week are learning about flight fundamentals in the classroom, which is all about procedures and how things go around the airport. In addition to that, we have started a new block of simulators that are getting more and more demanding, taking away from possible study time. The sims are pretty neat and supposedly cost as much, if not more than the airplane but allow us to practice all the emergencies (like ejecting) and other things that you really can't practice in the air. They are also much cheaper to maintain because of no gas, and are of course, much safer, and are pretty realistic from the cockpit with all the gauges and gadgets working the same way they would in the plane.

I am really looking forward to this weekend due to the fact that it is a 4-day weekend! Friday is a "no-fly" day because the whole base is having a picnic. Monday is Columbus day so we will be off as well.

Tomorrow morning is another academic test for the flight fundamentals talked about earlier. But after the simulator in the evening, the weekend has begun! Then the class will be going to a "drop" party at the Officer Club, where the senior class finds out where they will be going to and what MWS (major weapon system) they will be going to after training.