Annother significant milestone on my climb up my personal Mt. Everest: I passed the Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test...known in pilot lingo as "the written". I got a 90%, which I was very happy about, especially since I am not a technical person (like an engineer), I didn't take a class--just studied my Gleim materials and the computer test program. I have been literally studying this in bits and pieces for 2 1/2 years and last week I had days where I spent about 10 hours at my computer hitting it...I was actually sore from sitting at my computer so much!
Now on to the final leg of my climb...the checkride or the "ride" as it's known. As much tough climbing as is behind me, I am under no illusions...I expect this last push to the top will be the hardest going of all. I'm close to the summit, but a lot of my endurance and resources are exhausted...but I'm not turning back. I hope to summit and be a private pilot by November. Today's photo is from my flight to Springfield (3DW)...and it was great to have lunch with my friends and family there...after all that is part of the benefit to getting your license...flying to my hometown for lunch and being back home by 2:30 in the afternoon!!
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