Getting ready for the trip. I'll be driving to Florida from Colorado, and the thought of driving solo for 32 hours depresses me. I'm enrolling in the pro-pilot course which takes on average six months to complete, so driving down there makes the most sense. I'm excited but I haven't popped a textbook open in two years and that scares me. The staff at the school told me that I can learn at any pace, basically as much as one can take, and I have a feeling that my brain will overheat the first few weeks.
I will try to run this blog entirely from an iPad, which, surprise, needs an app to do so. My primary purpose for the iPad though will be as an electronic flight bag. I downloaded ForeFlight and bought a Dual GPS receiver (after buying the wi-fi only version of the iPad, it was my great "joy" to find out that a gps chip is only installed into the 3G iPad) How useful, if at all, an iPad EFB will be at Aviator, I have yet to find out. I'd hate to have to buy paper charts. Paper backup would be a good idea though...
