Flying the Multi

I present you the Piper Seneca, an old warrior. More than 30 years in service, most of its instruments inoperative. Some bolts in the cowling fairing missing here and there, but nothing to worry too much about. I'll quote here my instructor comment about the exterior preflight inspection of the engines: "You shake it a litte bit, if the engine doesn't fall, it's good to fly"
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I have another interesting quote from one of the MEI students: "To fly the Seneca, you just have to lower your standards".

Well, wether it's old or part-functioning, it's certainly much fun! Today we've been practicing some engine failures, and single-engine approach and landing - a lot of work, but a lot of fun!

Instrument Rated, finally!

Yeahhhhh it finished today, after almost 3 months of approaches, holdings, interceptions and trackings. We started already Commercial Pilot ground school, and we hopefully will start flying some VFR finally.

Hope Ill have more time to post here more often... Have a good week everyone!

Getting some actual!

My last XC: KDAB - KTLH - KCRG - KDAB, totalling 5.2 hours!
Well, Tallahasse is really far from Daytona, it's a little more than a 2 hour flight in a C-172. You get there and start streching yourself, not mentioning the huge urge to pee. Yeah, I learned that Gatorade it's not a good idea in flight. Living and learning...

First time of Actual IFR, it's so amazing to fly over the top, and then break the clouds to approach the runway! Certainly a privilege not every Instrument student gets... See some pics, they talk for themselves.

Cumulus formation embedded in the middle of a stratus overcast layer.

How it feels in the G1000 at 7000 MSL...


And seeing the sunset over a overcast layer at 7000 ft... there is no price for that!


...finally at the Fancy FBO in Tallahassee. They have internet with MSN, 5-star-hotel restrooms, a pool table, and even delicious free cookies over there, you should try some!