Day #2

Today I definitely had no problems getting to class in the morning. I got there in about 10-15 mins, easily with really no traffic, no traffic as in comparison with some of the congested areas in Salt Lake.

In class we did a get to know you session. We got to know our instructors and our classmates.
Afterwords we took a tour of the buildings surrounding our basics class building. We only did this because our class only consists of 23 people compared to the 32ish people they usually have, so our class feels a bit special. After that we had lunch, I brought my lunch today because I don't feel like spending too much money on overpriced food. Don't get me wrong its not too overpriced, and its pretty good, but I've already invested some money on groceries and insist on eating what I buy.

After lunch we finally started the real lessons. We started with the History of the FAA and ATC, this session we didn't have to know for any test, its just general information just so that you know.

Then we started our phonetic alphabet. This part is quite new to me so I had to think about it a bit, when the instructor asked me to spell out my name with the phonetics. I said, "uh, Romeo-Oscar-(Looks at name)Bravo-Echo-Romeo-Tango" and the instructor laughed because he was like, he had to look at his name to make sure he knew had to spell it. He made everyone do that and it was quiet interesting. We also got the cd handout, which has the entire training packet on it. Was quiet exciting, I haven't looked at it yet but I will.

Then we started to go over what is VFR (visual flight rules), IFR (instrument flight rules), facilities, and position of facilities. That's all we got through today. I say that's all we got through today and it's only a few things but it was definitely a full day of learning.

My main class instructor is Marty, and he definitely cares that you learn the stuff and he wants you to succeed. My class definitely lucked out on getting him as an instructor.

Was a great day!

Just a little extra study material that I have to go over
A = Alpha
B = Bravo
C = Charlie
D = Delta
E = Echo
F = Foxtrot
G = Golf
H = Hotel
I = India
J = Juliette
K = Kilo
L = Lima (Lee-ma)
M = Mike
N = November
O = Oscar
P = Papa
Q = Quebec
R = Romeo
S = Sierra
T = Tango
U = Uniform
V = Victor
W = Whiskey
X = X-ray
Y = Yankee
Z = Zulu