Long Time Since....

Been a long time since I've written...Honestly, its kind of a shame, aint too proud of it... But I guess its time to pick back up. Well, lately I've been cruisin the skies with a new instructor...can't help but miss those other dudes that I cruised around with. One of them is in Korea, livin the life, and the other is mackin up the vulnerable airlines. Course, I had those other instructors...but I guess its just those two that always arise in my eyes as I preflight.

I just chill on the ramp. I glance over at the 172's, yeah...they aint the ones I flew, all new and G-1000'd out, but man, good times. Ryan always yelled at me everytime I preflighted without my checklist in my hand, and I immaturely argued that I already knew it. We would hop in and cruise Cali, getting actual, and shootin the best approaches for my checkride. And then we'd sit and chill with the stars, hear the engines roar as pre-solo students anxiously hop in and try to communicate with ATIS. They were so excited. And chill on a beer, those beers. Those nights we would just share 3 or 4 beers each, and get a light buzz as we hummed our way reviewing FAR's and gyros and all that jazz....Been a long tim since I seen ya Ryan.

And I turn my head over, and I stare at those Seminoles, those giagantic tanks. Steve, the one dude that finally got me to understand how those babies would fly, even though they are so nose heavy. All those landings and traffic patterns. Remember? "Dammit Jay, maintain 2x! Ok...goodgood, now pitch back,....look outside! goodgood...hit your point, relaxrelax, BOOM, good!! a little hard but good..." Those early-ass mornings, man, Steve you KNEW I'm not the lark-type, but you insisted. Ha! man...and all those times I'd call you up for advice, and help, not just over those rules and Vmc, but man, all those chicks, and all those stresses...I'd call you because I guess you taught me not only to live life, but to also live the pilot life, a PIC life. Well, for what it's worth, im kickin ass in my approaches, and partial panel and single engine are gettin better...Been a long time since I seen ya Steve.

Been along time since them. Heard from em a couple weeks ago, and they seem well. And I hope to see em again. Flyin with them, sharing the same sky. Look out, your student is becomin!