Hey All! I just wanted to update all of you what I have been up to for the past month with my flying and music. As for flying, I have been working on my cross country hours by flying to our neighbouring aerodrome – Nanaimo (CYCD). I have flown there once with my instructor and twice by myself. Recently, my instructor and I flew to Qualicum (CAT4), which is about a 45-minute flight each way. All in all, I have about 45-60 minutes of dual cross-country time left, as well as my 150NM solo. According to my instructor, I will most probably be doing my 150 NM solo next weekend if the weather pertains. Without the leftover cross-country flying, I have 4 hours of solo time left and my flight test to prepare for. On the days that we have bad weather for cross-countries, we have been doing flight-test prep, where we just review all the exercises that we have done thus far. Overall, I have (hopefully) got only a few more weeks of flying to go! During the prep for my test, I have also been studying for my Transport Canada written test, which I will be writing very soon.
As for music, since the school year just started a month ago, all the music is still new and we have been having constant rehearsals to get better as an ensemble and as a department. As our music department’s tradition, we let two student groups perform at each concert and they are chosen by the music directors via an audition process. My friends and I thought it would be a cool experience to audition and to make music in a small group outside of rehearsal times! The tune we will be auditioning with is called Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman.
Lastly, I am extremely excited to get my licence in the near future and have a chance to take my family up. Once again, thanks for all the support you have given and thanks for all the advice as well!
That is so exciting!! I’m sure by this point that you have completed your last few weeks of flight time and your flight test. I’ve read your posts, I’m sure you did great! As far as music goes, I just took a listen to Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, and I love it!! I hope your audition went well. Also, those sunset photos are absolutely stunning. 🙂
Wishing you all the best through your continued journey in aviation,
Jenna
Hello Navya,
Congrats on your current accomplishments, and here’s to you getting your license! Were you able to get up and do the flight test yet?
Mike
This is too Cool! Please share the video of your performance. The 150nm cross country should be lots of fun for you. Do you have a destination selected? Oh… thank you for the pictures – Awesome!
BTW – Have you picked out Jay in Gordon’s Big Phat Band?
Congrats, both on making several cross countries by yourself, and the beautiful photographs. Interestingly, I remember my long cross country (we have to do that here in the US) more vividly than my first solo! I navigated and landed at a town & airport I’d never visited-was completely blown away by that.
Check out “Sing Sang Sung” on Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band…inspired by Goodman’s original 😉
Thank you very much! We also listened to Sing Sang Sung but when we compared the two, as a group, we decided to do Sing Sing Sing instead. Sing Sang Sung is going to be our piece for our annual Evening of Jazz!