Sometimes you need a little push.

While we all love flying and aviation is the glue that holds us together (like Click Bond, one of our scholarship sponsors') it’s easy to not fly. The reasons, dare I say excuses are endless. The weather isn’t good, you don’t have someone to fly with you, you only got 7 hours of sleep, there’s a cloud in the sky, and that’s before bring in the expense of Aviation Units.

Suddenly you realize it’s been a while, a LONG time since you’ve been at the controls. That was me. In the last two years, I’ve barely filled two pages in my log book. I know, it’s sad, right?

I was having lunch with an old friend (we were friends before we were pilots) Jenn from Great Basin Aviation and she said, “Dani, you’re going up. I’m booking it right now. You need to get flying again.” Well, today was that day. I went flying again. It was Glorious.

Thank you to Jenn, for pushing me back into the cockpit, and thank you to Stacie for setting a good example flying weekly. Today was one of the best days of the year. Though I haven’t landed a plane since my last bi-annual flight review, I had 7 good landings today, one of which was like butter, and only one that was meh. My patterns aren’t even bad!

Moral of the story, be like Jenn, and give a fellow aviatrix a push to fly. Be like Stacie, and post every time you go flying, so you can inspire others. The results are that this pilot dusted off her log book, took a flight, and is now filled with joy. From those of us who need a little push, thank you!