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 After ten hours of flying or so my instructor didn't want to sit beside me anymore. I had to fly solo ! This was the most exiting thing I ever did (well, allmost..). Taking off and then looking in an empty right seat, it was a very strange but exciting feeling. Turning final without anybody there to correct you, she's all mine. After three patterns (maybe 4, I don't remember, must have been the nerves) I was soaking in my own sweat. But like I wasn't wet enough I got soaked again by the others after landing. I was glad it was summer. |
 After that the road was clear (or the air) for some heavy duty cross countries. This was my first to Aiken, SC. |
 Offcourse it wasn't all fun. We had to train all the time for our instrument rating and end exam. Just look at those serious faces. Hotshots.... |
 This was the view we got on final of runway 36 at Greenville Downtown Airport. To the right of the runway was our appartment complex. On the horizon you can see the outline of the Appalache Mountains / Blue ridge Mountains / Smokey Mountains. |
 Here on the foothills of the smokey mountains, south of Chattanooga, Tennessee a beautifull lake. This is the picture most people have of South Carolina. |
 While we were playing overhead a proffesional eye was checking up on us from her radar screen at Greenville Spartanburg Airport. |
 The N2797E, a Cessna C172 and the N1380U, a C152 were two aircraft from our school. |
