Monday began the first day of college for me. I have been to college before but now I am going to learn something new. I will be earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Aviation, emphasis in Aviation Administration. I will also be learning to fly helicopters and becoming a commercial helicopter pilot. This is a change from my current career as an IT Professional.
Why? Well, I don't like computers new like I did 10 years ago. Sure they are great for playing games, surfing the internet, writing a college paper and what not, but I don't like fixing them anymore, saving them from viruses, troubleshooting home wireless networks, building my own server, or trying some new architecture. Computers now days are pretty much a throw away device. Network cards and video cards are built into motherboards so if one goes bad you have to replace the motherboard, but the cost of the motherboard is almost the cost of a new computer.
Flying gets my brain active; I can not stop learning about anything that deals with flying. The different jobs, the cool things they do, everything. Especially with helicopters. Saw a video on YouTube where a power company is using a helicopter to lift their linemen to the top of the high power transmission lines to check and service the electrical tower. The helicopter can lift the men and supplies to the top of the tower in less than a minute, where it would have taken them over an hour just to climb to the top! How cool is that?!? Very cool!
I know there are parts to every job that are boring or mundane, but with flying there seems to always be something new. A different craft, a new type of craft, a different mission to fly.
College is taking more time than I remember, the first go round seemed like it didn't require a lot of time. This week alone I have spent over 2 hours each night studying, reading and taking quizzes. (I should be doing more of than rather than writing here now!) After my financial aid arrives, I will also begin flight school. So I will be working full time (40 hours/week minimum), going to school full time (12 credit hours) and attending flight school (not sure of the time requirement yet, but I have to drive 90 minutes one way to get to the school) all at the same time, plus my regular life and family. My goal here is to document my adventures in flying and regular life here for my friends and family to read about. I expect to have time to post here on a regular basis. How regular, I don't know. That will be determined after I start flight school and get in a groove with everything else.
Here starts a brand new adventure!
R48
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