I had my first lesson booked for eleven o’ clock but as I bussed down to the airport the sky was dark and wet. I had to fill out some forms, so I thought at least the trip wasn’t going to be a complete waste. When I got to the airport the rain had stopped and the clouds seemed ever so slightly lighter. Maybe there was hope. I filled out the forms and met up with my instructor a bit early. We did a long briefing about climbs and airspace then went to check the weather. As we sat on the computer my would-be instructor for my familiarization flight asked if he could take up my current instructor's next student since he likes to meet all of the students at the school. I believe he's the head instructor. It was agreed and we spent the next block of time going over the weather charts in detail and talked about the aircraft documentation. It was now about one-thirty and the sky was a couple notches clearer, but still quite spotty. It was suggested that it might be nice enough to go up after lunch -not to mention I was starving- so I grabbed a club sandwich at the Skyhawk Café in the airport.
After lunch I'm told that since the weather was so bad in the morning the rest of my instructor's students had cancelled their bookings. We spent the next hour going over things like the pre-flight inspection and then I spent some time alone in the cockpit memorizing checklists. Finally, at about three o’ clock, we went up. We practiced turns near Mission and did a touch-and-go at Abbotsford International. I earned another 1.2 hours for my logbook but compared to the rest of the day I felt like we were in the air for less than five minutes. My instructor apologized for delaying the flight for so long but I was glad that I could spend the day at the airport learning about my new passion; flying.
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