Hey everyone!

For the last two weeks I have been at a flight academy through the Civil Air Patrol. I had lots of fun meeting and getting to know lots of great people, but the greatest thing about it is that I am now certified to fly solo in a Cessna 172! I am well on my way to getting my Private Pilots' License.
Before the academy I had 5.1 hours logged, but as of right now I have 19.6 logged hours. 8.0 of those hours are cross-country and 0.6 are solo time.

Needless to say I am very excited and can't wait to get my license!

Here are some photos:
http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/sloppyjoe_dacoolone/Solo/
The guy in the second picture is my awesome instructor; Wes McCullough!

Fantastic pics SloppyJoe!

I'm envious that you are getting your license to fly! I'm one of those slackers that really wants a pilot's license, but is unable at present time to pursue it. So, I have to rely on flight-sims for my bit of aviation reality addiction. Kudos to you for getting out there and getting it done!

If you can make it out to South Carolina on a solo flight...let me know. If you don't mind, I'd like to take the controls over for a few minutes!

Fantastic work, mate. I'm really jealous!

BTW...your instructor Wes McCullough is wearing some TWA garb. My late grandfather was a TWA crew guy, who worked on P-38's during WWII. Seriously...you just gained uber-kudos from me learning from a TWA guy

Some pics of my Gramps on the tarmac...he's the second from the right in picture 1.





...he once told me that the best use for a Spitfire was an armrest. The picture above proves it! He loved his P-38s.

7th PRG, 13th PRS, 8th AF. 'The Focus Cats'.

Cheers,

KC

Thank you Casey1976, I will let you know if I'm in South Carolina!

My instructor retired from TWA some years ago. He flew all sorts of big planes to all sorts of places!