Monday, January 19, 2009

FLYING!!

Guess what?! I went flying on Saturday! I have flight blocks scheduled for every week on Wednesdays and Saturdays and last Wednesday I wasn't able to go up in the plane. But on Saturday, I got the chance to go up! It was really cool...my instructor and I got in the plane and he told me how to do everything. Then he let me taxi out to the runway which was really weird at first because in planes you steer with your feet, so it took a little to get used to. But it was still alot of fun! Then it was time for takeoff and he showed me how to do everything and took off in the plane. Pretty much right after we got off the ground, he gave the controls over to me! I was really nervous before but once we were actually up there and I got the feel for it, it wasn't bad at all! So we get up to about 2500 feet and I got to do straight and level flight, turns, climbs, and descents; it was so much fun! But, the weather was cloudy and windy on Saturday and boy did I feel every gust of wind :) It was really turbulent and the plane was bouncing around like crazy! Towards the end of the flight, I was feeling a little queezy, but so was my instructor! But the clouds looked so cool! There was one point where I was flying right above a cloud and through layers of clouds and it was SO beautiful! It was so cool to fly over those..I can't even describe it to you! We also landed at another airport and my instructor did the landing. But after we landed, he had me taxi to the end of the runway and gave me the choice of whether or not I wanted to take off. I was all over that! :) So, I pushed the throttle to full power and we started to roll down the runway and all of a sudden we were off the ground and climbing! I took off and was flying the plane! It was an awesome feeling! I couldn't believe while I was up in the sky that I was flying a plane! It was a great experience and definitely made me more excited to learn how to fly!

So, with that, I just want to say thank you to all of you, for praying and supporting me! I love you all so so so much and I wouldn't be able to do any of this without ya'll! I love you and soon I will be able to take you guys up in a plane!! :) Love you!!!!!!!

8 comments:

GRAMS LENGACHER said...

Hey Mo, How very awesome! I was praying and praying for you on Sat. Now, I'm not sure how soon I'll be ready to go up in a plane with you, but I was thinking yesterday how cool that would be! Maybe you could fly us all to Florida when your dad buys you your own jet, otherwise you would have to make several trips to get us all there!!! Hee! Hee! I'm very proud of you and know you will do great! We love you to pieces and miss you even more! Be safe and know that you are so, so loved!! Love ya, grams lengacher

Nicki said...

Hey sweeetie! Wow! You are so amazing. Loved reading your post. I know you'll be an excellent pilot and I would love to have you fly me anywhere, somewhere tropical would be nice...not that I'm picky! ;-) I'm so proud of you and love to hear how you're doing. Tyler keeps me up to date w/your texts. Loved that you told him to say no to drugs. lol. You crack me up!! Love ya to pieces honey! Keep up the great work!
Nick

Tara said...

hey mo this is court!! that is awesome:) i love u soo much!!! i cant wait till u fly us to florida!!! lol!!

Kelly Magers said...

Guess what, you are my airplane hero!!!!!!!! Love!

Jolinda said...

Hey sweetie! Thanks so much for posting about your first flight! God continues to reinforce His plans for you and it is so exciting to watch! Love you dearly!

Mom

Dawn said...

Oh my word! You actually flew a plane! That is amazing...and scary too lol. I can't even begin to imagine how incredible that must have felt. I am SO proud of you, keep up the good work! Praying for you...
love you bunches,
Aunt Dawn

abechtel said...

dude i so stole your layout. but HEEEYYY GIRL HEEEYYYY!!!

lovesss you memo!

Brooke said...

Hey!! that sounds so awesome!! your gonna have to fly me somewhere sometime.. i totally trust you && your flying skills :)

love!!!