Yesterday (11/18) I went up with Bob Guay for my first "official" lesson. As before, I was so excited to go flying the second my alarm went off at 4:15, I was awake and ready to go. This is really strange for me, since it usually takes over an hour for me to get up after my alarm goes off. I got out there about 10 minutes early, so I started the preflight inspection, using the checklist, and was mostly ready to go when my CFI got there. We call the weather service and spoke to a briefer. The weather was perfect for flying, just light winds and cool temperatures.
I was able to taxi the plane, work the radios a little bit (not the whole time) and take the plane off. We went just south of Jean, NV to a practice area. Bob had me do some turns, slow flight turns, dutch rolls (they should call these Navy rolls because they make you sea sick) and stalls. It was really exciting to actually start practicing maneuvers and be learning. After about 70 mins in the practice area, we headed back to Henderson, entered the traffic pattern and I landed the plane. It wasn't a perfect landing (off to the side of the runway a little bit), but it wasn't hard and I didn't go off the side of the runway.
Overall, it was a great experience and I am very excited to go up again tomorrow. I invite everyone that is reading this that doesn't have a pilot's license to go out and experience flying. It is truly the most
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