Notice to Airmen

Notice: Lots of studying. Little to report. Stef is buried in the books, as depicted above.

Standby as the flight line is only 3 weeks away!

2 down, 52 to go

UPT is turning out to be a time of discovery for me. Not only do I get to learn how to fly, but I've been able to learn some very important things about myself. More specifically about what I am good and not good at. Here are some examples:

Things that I am NOT good at:

-being dragged across the ground and simultaneously unhooking from a parachute

-buckling airplane seatbelts

-bench press

-jumping off a tower (okay...so it wasn't really what you'd normally think of as a "tower". just a 10 foot platform...but still...)

Things that I am good at:

-earning scores that end in 08...Richter!

-spinning in a chair without getting disoriented

-drawing pictures while hypoxic

Since the last item was actually my proudest moment of the week...i'm including a picture of my drawing that is now hanging up on my fridge. (in case you can't tell it's a picture of me flying the T-6, and also standing outside in a flight suit at the exact same time...apparently UPT also enables me to be in 2 places at once)

For anyone who doesn't know, hypoxia is what happens if you don't get enough oxygen. We go in a pressurized chamber and take our masks off and learn about our symptoms in case it ever happens in flight. My first and greatest symptom happens to be euphoria...haha...along with a decreased ability to draw well....