Flight Training

An integrated effort

By ozwegian ⋅ May 2, 2009 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The school I am over here through switched names from NEAR to NEIA in September when they changed their U.S. training location. A few days ago they announced that their integrated training programme will revert to a modular course from 1. May. On April 30th I completed my last (multi-engine) flight of the integrated programme and had my training folder signed-off as complete for the U.S. phase, about 30 minutes before the NEIA representative left the country for a two month period. So far it has been unclear where we stand, but we hope that the programme is still in effect for the Norwegian phase so we may complete it upon our return.

Life in Florida is quite alright and the flying hours are steadily rolling in. We are many instructors but not too many students at the moment. That should improve as the year progresses.

My birthday is upcoming and the thought of turning 24 is quite daunting. Time seems to be going very fast, but I should have a few more years before my old age pension comes through. In the mean time, I’m enjoying flying and gaining experience. Being a flight instructor is a very educational job, and every flight comes with its own challenges.

Some friends and I headed up to Merrit Island in March to watch the space shuttle Discovery launch on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. I made a little video from the event and posted it on YouTube.