Hello all!
I am proud to announce that I have completed my first official flight lesson as a Flying Musician Ambassador! Between 5 and 7pm EST, I went up in a Cessna 172 (tail number N420U) from my local airport in St. Mary’s County. My CFI and I flew around the area and reviewed stall recovery, steep turns, and landing which are the areas that I am currently working on.
This past summer, I had a brief run in with a spin where I did the almost unforgivable and tried altering the ailerons while in a power on stall. That experience made it rather stressful to complete steep turns and stall recovery practices, but with the help of my CFI I had much less trouble today with those things, and I am even exited to practice them more so that I can fully overcome this obstacle!
Below I have attached some pictures I took today from the plane! (Everything looks more beautiful in a plane)
Tomorrow, I am to go up again first thing in the morning. I look forward to updating you on my flight tomorrow!
Musical Update
Tomorrow is Memorial Day. In honor of Memorial Day, my brother and I participate in Taps Across America, where musicians across the country play Taps at 3pm local time in honor of those who gave their life for our country. I will be participating on the flute with my brother on the clarinet, as we play in honor of our own family members who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Anyone can participate in Taps Across America. If you are interested in playing Taps in your community in honor of our soldiers, first register on the Taps Across America website linked below, then grab your horn and join us! You do not need a sanctioned event or an audience, just an instrument and a location.
Taps Across America – Taps Across America
To those who are veterans, thank you very much for your service. To those who are family to a veteran, thank you very much for yours.
See you soon!
Thank you all so much for your encouragement and support. I look forward to keeping you updated as my journey continues.
Bye for now!
Love the pictures. You are correct, things do look better from the air. Great update!