On the lighter side, I attended an all day ground school at the flying club today. It was a nice rainy day - perfect for ground school. The morning was dedicated to the new G1000 glass instrument panel that we're starting to see in our new planes. I mentioned to the instructor that I'd been playing with the G1000 glass panel in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X software that I gave myself for Christmas last year, so then he went and appointed me the official simulator pilot, and had me demo the capabilities -- with his help, and the kibitzing of the 25 other students in the class. Man, was that a humbling experience, having all my instrument flying skills laid bare in front of all those other pilots and instructors.
The afternoon was dedicated to learning about the newest plane in our fleet, a Diamond DA-42 Twin Star, which has two turbocharged *diesel* engines, and a G1000 panel. I'm hoping to expand my skills, and include a checkout in the DA-42 in this year's list of fun things to do. The instructor mentioned that he was looking for a rider/student to share expenses for a flight to Toronto later in the week. That would've added perhaps 15 hours of multi-engine, G1000, TwinStar time to my logbook. I was so very tempted, but couldn't convince myself to go for it.
On the lighter side, I attended an all day ground school at the flying club today. It was a nice rainy day - perfect for ground school. The morning was dedicated to the new G1000 glass instrument panel that we're starting to see in our new planes. I mentioned to the instructor that I'd been playing with the G1000 glass panel in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X software that I gave myself for Christmas last year, so then he went and appointed me the official simulator pilot, and had me demo the capabilities -- with his help, and the kibitzing of the 25 other students in the class. Man, was that a humbling experience, having all my instrument flying skills laid bare in front of all those other pilots and instructors.
The afternoon was dedicated to learning about the newest plane in our fleet, a Diamond DA-42 Twin Star, which has two turbocharged *diesel* engines, and a G1000 panel. I'm hoping to expand my skills, and include a checkout in the DA-42 in this year's list of fun things to do. The instructor mentioned that he was looking for a rider/student to share expenses for a flight to Toronto later in the week. That would've added perhaps 15 hours of multi-engine, G1000, TwinStar time to my logbook. I was so very tempted, but couldn't convince myself to go for it.
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