Day #10

TEST DAY!!!! As soon as we came into the classroom we had to take the test so we wouldn't fall behind on the lessons for the next block. I guess the third block is when we start to get into the entry level nasty stuff like figuring out speeds and distances, as well as basic navigations. Luckily all of us scored above 90% so no one had to retake the test! We were the first class to all pass Block 2 test. I guess all of the other classes have only been able to have just one or two people fail. All of the instructors were really cool about it and made a big deal of our accomplishment. They're going to think of some sort of reward for our hard work, probably pizza or something similar.

I can't really describe the basic navigation lesson, but go to this website and you can see some of the maps that we looked at. Copy and paste the link in another window/tab and just scroll around like you would on google maps. You can zoom in and get a pretty detailed view of what I was looking at in person, or zoom out and get a general view of the area. The map basically lays out different routes, airspaces, obstructions, etc...

http://skyvector.com/