My First Flight!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that on September 4, 2020, I had my first flight at Kent State. I just wanted to say I’m sorry in advance because I forgot to take pictures because I was so excited to fly. I got to Kent’s airport (1G3) at 7:45 in the morning for my 8:30 flight. My CFI let me do all of the preflight all by myself. After I did my weather briefing, I calculated the density altitude and figured out what my landing and take-off distances were. After I filled all of that out, I got to head out to my plane. For my Private Pilot course, I will be flying a Cessna 152 most of the time. Once I got to the plane, I disinfected the inside and then started my preflight walk around. After I did this, we had to fill up our fuel tanks which pushed back our departure time. After all of the preflight checklists had been completed, it was finally time to taxi to the runway. 

Once we finally took-off, my CFI showed me the corridors that we have to take to get to the training areas. Once we got to our training area, I practiced shallow/medium banked turn and also climbs and descents while turning. The first flight for me was to get a basic understanding and feeling for the controls. Once we landed, my CFI let me taxi back so I could get a feel for the controls. I kept wanting to use the yoke to turn the plane instead of the rudder.  During this flight, I logged .7 hours of flight time. I plan on coming to the airport on the weekends to fly in addition to my scheduled flight blocks during the week. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to be able to fly and have a group of amazing supporters. I can’t wait to keep everyone updated with my training!