Day #7

First of all let me apologize for taking so long to update the blog. I have been very lazy when it comes to getting on the computer for anything that relates to work. I promise that I will start to do a better job at updating.

So I had yesterday off because of MLK Day and a bunch of the guys in my class went and saw Grand Torino. I thought the movie was very good, but very vulgar. I would probably recommend that if you want to see it, just wait till it is a rental.

At work, we finished up learning all about Federal Air Regulations and which rule applies when and where. All in all it was a good lesson to learn about but that doesn't make it any less boring. After we finished the general overview of each FAR we dove right into FAR part 91 in great depth. Part 91 contains generally operating and flight rules for all aircraft operating in US air space. Some of the rules that we discuss were VFR and IFR flight visibility minimums, terrain clearance limits in both mountainous and nonmountainous areas, and what should be done about radio failures during IFR flights.

FAR 91 took us all the way to lunch which was a little longer than what the schedule wanted but Marty wanted to make sure that we fully grasped the material. To finish out the second half of the day we stated Principles of Flight. I am so glad that I was exposed to most of this material in the military because the people that had never learned about why the wing has it's camber or about how air density and density altitude affect airplane performance were completely lost. Some of the stuff was pretty basic like what is flap or a rudder, but they have to make sure that everyone at least has basic knowledge.

Boring yet interesting at times.