A lot of exciting things have happened since I posted back in August.
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| The Piper Apache in which I got my multi engine rating. |
Here's some of the highlights:
August- Graduated from SMAT with my A&P license.
September- Started working at GrandAir Aviation full time.
--fast forward to 2015--
January- Earned my Commercial Pilot's License!
May- Earned my Multi Engine rating!
Today: May 23, 2015- Took my first "customer" up for aerial photography.
I'm excited to be flying a lot lately now that the winter has passed and the weather is brighter, warmer, and bumpier. This summer I hope to earn my tail wheel endorsement, possibly sea plane rating, and get my CFI (Certified Flight Instructor License).
I am getting closer to my goal of reaching 500 hours for missionary flying so I will soon begin to apply to MAF and see where God leads me from here. Right now I have 310 hours.
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| Freight flying! |
This week I got to fly close to 8 hours! Wednesday we flew the Cessna 310 to Mackinac Island to pick up a charter customer and then Thursday we got a freight trip so we flew to Minnesota, picked up a package and then flew it to Grand Rapids. Today I got to fly our Cessna 172 to Ionia for breakfast with Maggie and to meet fellow Air Race Classic Racers (*spoiler alert for the next blog*), then I did some practice landings with Pete where we did a lot of short field take offs and landings, and then I flew my first "commercial pilot" flight (where I actually get paid to fly). We flew over Eaton Rapids (south of Lansing) and took aerial photos for my friend's artwork. It sure has been a busy week!
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| My first paid flight! Bradley takes aerial photos of towns, enlarges the image and then draws it by hand to make cool personalized artwork. |
Stay tuned for more blogs covering topics like:
~ The 2015 Air Race Classic
~ Tail wheel adventures
~ Women in Aviation and networking activities
~ and more!
Fly with Christ,
Helen ("Girl Friday")
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