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I'm back!

I haven't posted in a while (over 5 years 😬) because it occurred to me that no one really wants to read a blog about flight training from someone who isn't actually flight training.

Well, I'm still not technically actually flight training yet, but I'm finally getting really serious about it. I'm in the process of talking to CFIs and flight schools, I finished ground school, I have my costs all budgeted out, most of it saved up, and a plan for how the rest will be saved up. I'm actually ready to start training now, unfortunately my flight school isn't ready for me yet...

Its probably still going to be a few months before my actual flight, but I'm going to try to crank out as many blog posts as I can between now and then, because once I actually start flying, things are going to get really busy and I won't have as much time to write.

Anyway, just wanted to drop a quick post just to let you (my imaginary readers) know that I'm getting started back up.

Happy flying!

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