November 20, 2006

• Flying Lessons: Anyone want to fly w/ me? (some pictures)

  Eunjoo55 and Trigger won Free Xanga premium for figuring out the background msuic, (how the hell did they figure it out?), background song and details at bottom of this post.

  Wine Pairing coming next

   

  I did it. In the interest of exploration (self and otherwise), I decided to take airplane lessons.  Why? I’m not sure, but since I realized LA is such a boring city, I decided to take advantage of the beautiful year round weather and learn in conditions where it’s never cloudy or windy (as opposed to NYC and the east coast).

  Have you ever had a dream of being able to fly like a bird but instead felt like a squawking chicken flapping away while being chased by a fox?  Yea, me neither. But I think it would be nice to have the option of going places if you wanted to. “Hey honey, feel like going to Napa Valley?” or “What? You’ve never seen the Grand Canyon?, I’ll take you there now” or ”I’m hungry, want some French Fries? Fine, fine I’ll fly you to Paris again”.  Ok, so we’re getting carried away. But to be able to go on short trips that usually take 5 hours of fighting traffic that can now be done in an hour is like getting High Speed internet vs dial up or another analogy, trying to “get it on” w/ a drunk girl vs. someone in church (altho i’ve heard otherwise hmmm). Maybe one day I would take my family on trips and travel the world shrugz.

  Is it dangerous? A lot of people are scared of heights (including me), but the more I learn about it, the less nervous I am. If an airplane engine dies midair, you can still safely glide the plane to safety to another airfield, open field, park, or on the roof of someone’s Hummer. Don’t be a Yankees pitcher and decide to fly through Manhattan.  If it’s dark, rainy, windy etc etc. just don’t’ fly it’s that simple. If you’re not instrument rated (like JFK Jr), don’t fly near fog etc. But on a nice sunny day, it’s a fun feeling to fly wherever you want (well almost).  The other day I flew right on top of LAX international airport.  I saw Boeing 767s and Airbus 320  United, Delta, Korea Air, Air Jamaica planes take off from right under me (I forgot to take pictures). One day maybe people can fly Air Weezy.

  So I bought Microsoft’s Flight Simulator game and start playing w/ that.  Now when I fly, it actually feels like playing a video game, so I’m not really nervous.  I need to work on my landings a little better, not very good w/ the radio and communications yet, and still have to learn how to navigate to see where the hell I’m flying to. But if anyone wants to come up w/ me let me know.  I don’t know enough people in SoCal, so would you take an offer from a stranger haha.

   Signed paperwork to start flight classes

  Manuals Manuals and umm oh yea Manuals

    Call sign:  AF is pronounced “Alpha Foxtrot” in Airspeak

  Entering the cockpit.   See? Just like a video game.

  My Instructor yelling at me:  “Make a right, noooo the OTHER right”

  Outside my tiny plane   “umm, where’s the airport again?”

  So is anyone interested in going flying w/ me?  I can take you wherever you want to go (if you pay for the fuel hehe).  I heard Angelina Jolie was in the area, I hope I don’t “run in” to her.

  The sister duo Patience and Prudence reached the Top Ten in 1956 with a fluke hit, the ghostly TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME. The daughters of a professional musician — Mark McIntyre, who accompanied Frank Sinatra on piano during the mid-’40s.  This version came from the 1979 Steve Martin’s first big hit movie “The Jerk” Rent it

  Tonight, you belong to me, sung by Steve Martin (weird right?) and Bernadette Peters from the movie

  I know (I know)
  You belong to somebody new
  But Tonight you belong to me
  Although (although) we’re apart
  Your part of my heart
  And tonight you belong to me
  
  Way down by the stream
  How sweet it will seem
  Once more just to dream
  In the moonlight
  My honey I know (I know)
  With the dawn that you will be gone
  But tonight you belong to me
  
  Way down, way down along the stream
  How very, very sweet it will seem
  Once more just to dream
  In the silvery moonlight
  My honey, I know (I know)
  With the dawn that you will be gone
  But tonight you belong to me
  Just to little old me

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