IFS at Manassas Aviation Center

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 16 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0800 for 0800 flight
0800-0830 wait for instuctor
0830-0900 preflight
0900-1000 practice takeoffs, landings, and radio work in the pattern
1000-1015 debrief
1015-xxxx go to TBS and get passed around various offices in search of local travel claims form

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 17 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0900 for 0900 flight
0900-1030 wait for instuctor (prob figured **** it weather sucks)
1030-1130 wait for scheduler to schedule me
1130-xxxx go home without flying and without scheduling any flights (weather is gonna suck and local bar has bring your own cup night comming up so no more flying this week)

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 18 at Manassas Aviation Center:

No scheduled flight.

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 19 at Manassas Aviation Center:

No scheduled flight.

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 20 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1100 for 1100 flight
1100-1230 wait for instuctor who decided to take a different student on a cross country for some reason or another
1230-1300 preflight, refuel, wait around on ramp for instructor
1300-1430 practice flying the pattern in preparation for stage check 1 and solo
1430-1500 debrief with instructor
1500-xxxx go home, watch movie, and get ready for solo tomorrow

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 21 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1300 for 1300 flight
1300-1340 wait for instuctor
1340-1400 get told eventually that weather was too windy to fly
1400-1430 wait around and try to get scheduled
1430-1431 decide fvck it and leave
1431-xxxx go home, nap, call to get scheduled, nap, cook, watch "The Pacifier" with the girlfriend, hilarity ensues...

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 22 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0900 for 0900 flight
0900-0920 wait for wx briefer to decide to answer
0920-1000 go over safe for solo exam, file flight plan, drink coffee, get ready for stage check 1
1000-1100 conduct stage check 1 including: slow flight, power on/off stalls, turns around a point, s-turns, simulated instrument flying, steep turns, emergency landing procedures, radio work, straight and level flight, ascents, descents, takeoff and landing
1100-1130 debrief
1130-xxxx go home, drink three beers, begin to take a nap, get rudely awoken by girlfriend to go shoe shopping (a POI on the importance of crew rest is definitely in her future)

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 23 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1230 for 1230 flight
1230-1245 wait for instructor to show up
1245-1330 pre-flight, wait for gas top off, stare at windsock
1330 decide it's too windy to try solo (20kt crosswinds and first solos don't mix)
1330-1345 debrief
1345-xxxx go home, watch tv, get mad that solo celebratory drinking has to be postponed

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 24 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0900 for 0930 flight
0900-0930 pre-flight, get weather
0930-1030 fly the pattern, instructor decides it's too windy to solo today
1030-1100 debrief, schedule next flight for 0800 saturday (this puts a damper on my drinking plans...again)
1100-xxxx mourn loss of kegger friday go home and sleep alone while girlfriend parties with friends...this sucks

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 25 (fvcking saturday) at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0730 for 0800 flight
0800-0900 pre-flight, get weather, hope for wind to die down, discover ELT is going off, think it's ours
0900-0930 taxi back and mess with ELT, discover it's someone else's
0930-1000 fly pattern twice with instructor
1000-1030 fly pattern twice solo
1030-1130 debrief, cut shirt, feel good, begin planning for post solo drinking
1130-xxxx pick up girlfriend, commence liver hardening and can to mouth link-up procedures

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 26 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Flight canceled due to wind.

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 27 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 0930 for 0930 flight
0930-1000 pre-flight, discover right main tire is excessively worn, get new plane
1000-1030 pre-flight, discover nose wheel is excessively flat, wait to get pumped up
1030-1130 fly pattern practicing short/soft field takeoffs and landings
1130-1200 debrief, leave for afternoon of whatever

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 28 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1100 for 1100 flight
1100-1130 pre-flight, get weather,
1130-1210 fly pattern with instructor 5 times
1210-1230 fly pattern 3 times solo
1230-1300 debrief, decide to do cross country later in the day
1300-1400 plot cross country, file flight plan
1400-1430 pre-flight
1430-1500 fly to Charlottesville VA and land
1500-1530 fly back to Manassas
1530-1600 debrief, realize I only have 7 more hours left in IFS and 20 days to fly them...hmmmm...what to do?

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 29 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1100 for 1100 flight
1100-1130 get weather, finish plotting course, file flight plan
1130-1200 pre flight
1200-1245 fly to Charlottesville VA and land
1245-1330 fly back to Manassas
1330-1400 debrief, schedule solo cross country for tomorrow

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[usmcecho4]

IFS Day 30 at Manassas Aviation Center:

Arrive 1300 for 1300 flight
1300-1330 get weather, finish plotting course, file flight plan
1330-1400 pre flight
1400-get told by mechanic that the aircraft I am about to fly in is grounded due to bad flap microswitches
1400-1410 clean up plane
1410-xxxx begin to wonder about lack of communication between schedulers and mechanics at Manassas Aviation and plan to add more rigerous flap test to my usual pre-flight by checking 10, 20, 30, and 40 degrees instead of just throwing it to 40)

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4