The weather held out for us and we had a wonderful flight. We are all getting anxious to begin our formal flight training at the end of June. We will wrap up the A&P maintenance program, have a week break, and then start flying.

We made it back home to our nest at Felts Field. There is nothing like being on final at your home runway when the weather is starting to turn.

We arrived in Sandpoint aboard a couple of these little birds. We felt pretty cool showing up at the Quest hangar in our 172 and 182 Cessnas. That is, until we had to park them next to the Learjet that someone else flew in on. Nevertheless, flying is flying.

I went with some of my peers up to Sandpoint for the the Quest Aircraft Company open house. We were able to see how the Kodiak is coming along and visit with Quest and mission staff. This shot here is of the Load Test Jig for the Kodiak. An aircraft is built and is stressed in many directions until it breaks. This is required for certification and allows the engineers to test their designs and see if any modifications are required. Apparently the test went well and they hope to have the Kodiak certified soon. That is good news because Moody Aviation as well as JAARS are near the top of the list to recieve aircraft!

I had a wonderful weekend with my Dad and Leslie. We drove all over the panhandle of Idaho in search of wild animals and it was not until we came back to downtown Spokane that we saw this Beaver. He and his Beaver wife are attempting to dam the Spokane river between the giant waterfalls, using trees from the downtown park.

It is not the greatest picture, but what you see here is the future of Moody Aviation mail and storage. My Boss/classmate Paul Hadfield built this unit and I have been working on finishing them. Just one example of the many ways we make ourselves useful at school beyond fixing and flying planes.

Here is another design we have been working on at the hangar. We are still working on the attach points and the fuel flow issues. There are also some concerns about useful load. Perhaps we should just stick to fuel nozzle spray testers.

KMBI Interview

This is a short clip of an interview I had this morning with KMBI about Moody Aviation. They interviewed a number of students in my program and this is my big debut on Radio!