When I was a kid, my father spent a lot of time at an airport. Later on he started a business, ‘Bond Aviation’ and became the manager of the airport. In 1986 they closed Flanders Valley Airport to develop on the land.

When I was 14 I began taking flying lessons (the earliest age you are allowed). When I turned 16 I solo’d for the first time. About a year later I took my FAA written test and failed. The last flight in my log book is a cross country solo from Somerset Airport to Atlantic City.

I missed flying and being around an airport. a lot.

May 1st 2007, I walked into flight source at the Morgantown airport and signed up for lessons. Three weeks later I got my solo endorsement, on June 15th I did my first Solo cross country in 10 years. 1.5 hours of night, 1.5 hours of simulated instrument, and 1.2 hours of solo cross country is left to do (and probably a little more practice on my steep turns).

That, and pass my FAA written test. I’ve been reminded why I hate school so much … I REALLY hate studying. I want to be up in the air, not at home in front of the computer taking practice tests or reading about weather and airspaces in my book. I think I’m almost ready to take the written test, I have a list of ground school items I want my CFI to go over with me. After that I just have to do it.

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