Its about time.

ME, HOBSON AND LOBSTER AT THE CHINESE PLACE
BOREGO VALLEY APT FROM 8500 FEET
ON THE WAY TO IMPERIAL
URS TRULY
EMORY APT




The last post was on the 11 the of january and time has just flown by. All this flying and studying doesnt leave me time for any thing else. But befor i begin...... a big thank you to all who took time out to view the blog and leave a comment....it makes a difference. In case you are wondering if i got my cross country solo...well the fact that i am writing this post means that i made it back in one peice. And by the way it was perfect (if i say it myself). The flight plan was accurate and i passed the check points as per schedule, which left me enough time between checkpoints to to take pics and videos....will upload them soon.


A lot has happened in the last few days...


1. I got caught by a cop for cutting lanes and i was able to wiggle out of it without a fine. What happened was that we went to pick up theses new students from the airport and we took 2 cars. I was following nilesh who has an amazing sence of navigation, however is found wanting in the driving department. On the way back he turned left from a center lane ...completely oblivious of the cop car parked on the bend. I turned after him and guess who gets caught. I can laugh about it now but was shitting bricks when it happened. Infact i dont think i've used as many SIR's in my life as i did that night. The cop turned out to be quite understanding and let me go without a ticket even though i was clearly at fault.





2. After the cross country to Hemet i also completed a long solo cross country of 3.3 hrs. It was from Gillespie to Imperial to Thermal back to Gillespie. By the way Imperial is only 4 miles from Elcentro which is an Airforce Base.........which i almost landed on (but thats another story).....that was an experience by itself. Just being able to share the same airspace with F16's, B 52 bombers, Citations, Lear Jets and the big airliners while sitting in midget cessna 152 ....its magic.





3. I gave my PPL written test yesterday and i scored a 92%. That explains why i've not been able to update my blog. Thats not all.... i have a check ride coming up soon so now have started studying for that. It seems i didnt think things through when i opted to become a pilot. I have almost 2 more years of constant cramming to do. BRIN IT ON!!!!!





4. Oh yes i almost forgot .....went to Torrence for a real nice chinese dinner yesterday. Its only 60 miles from elcajon. But we were feeling a lil lazy to drive.... so we FLEW. Sounds so cool doesnt it!!!
Actually its an Anglo(my school) tradition. Do a night flight to torrence because we need to log our night flying hours and have dinner at the chinese place. Which by the way serves a real sumptious spread for 12$ and its all u can eat.





And yes most importantly ..i am headed to NYC for a week......Guess who's gona be a chachu. Bhabhi is infact in hospital right now and the baby is expected any time tomorrow. Am really very exited........the first baby in the family after a very loooong time. Will upload the pics when i get there. Also after which am headed straight to Chicago for Anish's wedding. So the next few days are gonna be very eventful.

and dont miss me and hobson doing a low pass over el capitan...the link is attached below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfkgdmyDdc