Twin Enjin Program

It's been a rollercoaster ride in my flight training recently. I've been under a lot of stress. Since I've completed my single engine program, I've now advanced to the twin engine program. According to the syllabus, I've to complete my twin engine program in 35hours.

I find the learning curve extremely steep. Every flight is highly stressful. It doesn't help that I've a instructor who is less than patience. On my 3rd flight, he expected me to memorize all the procedure and checklist items. I could hardly breath in flight with him sitting next to me.

Things have gotten better in the last few flights. For some reason, my instructor is a lot more understanding and patience. I really appreciate that because I can be quite a slow learner and gets worse when I'm overstressed (or am I not alone). After taking a few days off to learn the POH and operating procedure, I am a lot more prepared for the flight.

My last flight was actually very encouraging. I was able to carry out most of the procedure. I could also recall all the checklist smoothly. When we landed, my instructor told me it was an excellent flight and the debrief lasted for 2mins. Usually the lenght of the debriefing is an indication of my performance. The longer the debrief means I've made a lot of mistake in flight.

I went back to my room and change into my jogging gears. I didn't know what else to do. Most of my friends have gone back home. The weather was cool. I was taking in the sunset and took a brief moment to walk. God is awesome. I felt like this beautiful sunset was meant for me. It was God's way of saying: "My son, I am proud of you. I am here with you."