So they "turned on the beer light" for my flight for the first time this afternoon. It just means you can drink beer in the flight room and tell funny stories about each other. A lot of other flights get it way earlier than we did, but with 5 guys on P-CAP they didn't want to. I also delivered our flight gift -- a kegerator me and some flight-mates built -- to the flight room today, so that probably helped!

I had my first flight since my double-turn today too. Dental appointment on Wednesday and crappy weather on Thursday made today my first chance to go. 0600 brief... suck! Did pretty good but totally screwed up one of the visual references on the ground at one point and had us going in exactly the wrong direction! The IP said it wasn't the first time a student had done that and good thing it wasn't my check ride! I didn't hook the flight or anything, it was just a dumb move that was a good learning experience. After the flight I had another instrument sim, just a bunch of instrument approaches, not a big deal.

I'm scheduled for my last flight in the block on Monday, which means I should be doing my mid-phase check ride on Tuesday. Pray for good weather!!