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8/8/2004
I passed my check-ride today! Today I have become the first FAA Certified Private Pilot in the history of my family. I am now certified to fly any of my friends orfamily through all airspaces below 18,000 feet. The check-ride is basically the equivalent of the road-test to get your driver's license, except this is much more demanding and complex as the examiner makes you do all these maneuvers (such as steep turns while not losing more than 100 feet of altitute) and unconventional landing techniques (soft-field, short-field, cross-wind landings), and then try to get you lost but you must use all available navigation techniques to find your way to the destination and back. Before the check-ride I also passed the oral exam and a written test with a score of 97%.

6/7/2004
I am happy to announce that I am officially a pilot now, I now have my student pilot certificate. I have been training since March 28th, and a new pilot was born on May 31st, 2004, when I did my first solo flight over Lockhart (50R) Airport. Ever since I have been doing solo flights around Austin International Aiport (AUS) and have learned to properly clear all the airspace over the radio in the vincinity, including the Class C airspace over Austin, TX.

Here are some PIlot stories I have written about my first solo:
Truly Gone with the Wind (English Version)
Truly Gone with the Wind (Chinese Version)

This is the gallery for my flight jouney, I will post more pictures as time passes.

Each one of these pics below are seperate galleries.

Click here to see my pictures before I flew solo.

First Flights <-- Click Here!
This is a gallery of the first few flights I had with Bill, my flight instructor, we had many good times together. He also speaks perfect Chinese, as well as Arabian, French, Spanish. International man of mystery.

Click here to see pictures from my 2nd Solo.

My Second Solo <-- Click Here!
6/3/2004 This my second solo, I flew around the Southeast of Austin by myself and did 7 landings at Lockhart, and also practiced VOR naviation.

Click here to see pictures from my 3rd Solo.

My Third Solo <-- Click Here!
6/6/2004 This is my third solo, I flew over Lake Travis near Austin, and took many pictures (from a safe altitude of course!). As I came home, I also took some pictures of the prosperous city of Austin as I flew over it.

My Fourth Solo Over Austin <-- Click Here!
6/18/2004 This is my fourth solo, flying a bigger Cessna 172, instead of the Cessna 152, doing a scenic flight over the city of Austin.

Taking my family to fly <-- Click Here!
6/19/2004 This is my first time taking my whole family for flying fun! Since I have not yet taken my FAA exams to receive my full-fledged license, I was required to have my flight instructor in the plane even though he didn't even need to touch the controls.

Flight to Houston <-- Click Here!
3/25/2006 Cross-Country trip from Austin to Houston to see Uncle III and family.

Flight to College Station<-- Click Here!
4/2/2006 Cross-Country trip from Austin to College Station, Texas A&M Univeristy to see my old friend and AMD cubemate, Micah.

This is not a link, just decoration

Just some cool airplanes for place holders for now, I can't fly them yet.

Sorry I don't own this aircraft...

Thanks AMD.