One Down
My jaunt to do approaches Saturday was also interesting because it was the last entry in my first logbook. When I started taking flying lessons on 12 Feb 2000, I bought a student pilot package that included a Jeppesen logbook. Now the first 6 years of my flying experience are in one place, with a bow wrapped around them.
I’ve got an electronic copy of all the stuff, but the physical book is an interesting artifact in its own right. There are the out of order entries around 9/11 that show how desperate I was to fly, but how I couldn’t look at my logbook while I was grounded for fear that I wouldn’t get to add another entry. After I got to fly again and started instrument training I added the missing entries, but in the excitement I’d forgotten to add them in order.
There are a lot of firsts in there, too. First passengers, first flight in 32169, first trip out of state, first everything, really.
As a nice coincidence, I didn’t get to make the last entry. Flying with Andy as a CFI he gets to make and sign the entry. Just like he made and signed the first one in 2000.
Now I get to start another one. I’m a lucky guy.