Yesterday I got to do the ASA Part 141 Stage 2 check. Being at this new flight school, they have an option of a part 141 curriculum, which I gladly accepted being in because of the benefits. For someone like me, hoping to have a career flying, it cuts out some of the hours needed in the normal part 61 program. For private you need 35 hours, and an equal number of ground. (Same for the instrument course). Also for the commercial, you only need a minimum of 190 hours, instead of the normal 250.
So I went up with a different instructor and started out going to the southern practice area. I had never been to this location, but that didn't matter. I did .4 hours of hood work. I didn't get to see it anyways. Hood work was pretty good, and he gave me a little training about what's going to come during instrument training. We tracked to/from a VOR, intercepted a radial, and also worked on passing the station.
On the way back, we got some funky vectors. First go straight west, then go straight east. Turns out a pair of F-16's were landing. We came in and did a spot landing on the numbers 33, then taxied in to look over a flight plan I had prepared.
I just have to go over steep turns, ground reference manuevers, and then I'm going up solo today. After that I'll most likely go on my first cross country flight with this school. I have another post with a link to a video of my first cross country.
I'll try to snap some pictures today.
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