Paul Tomblin wrote:
I took my wife and kids up for a short flight the day I passed my check
ride. I took my wife on an international flight at night to an airport
I'd never been two weeks later.


You're a brave man. I remember my first solo nighttime cross country flight: I
hadn't seen any lights for a while so I assumed I was over the countryside just
to the west of Wilmington, NC. I called into ILM approach and reported my
position as about 20 miles west of ILM. They gave me a squawk code and then
confirmed my actual position as 15 miles EAST of the airport... out over the
Atlantic Ocean... heading for Burmuda!

Oops....

I guess you can say I learned about flying from that. As I said before, God
grants a special dispensation to newbies and morons. No harm was done... and
nobody was there to witness it except me. Thank you, Lord.


--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE