Update

I’m slowly re-building my fitness to pre-holiday levels.  I’m not quite there yet - I think - but this morning I managed to beat my record up Tibrogargan, doing it in 33:45 and a total of 1:04:49, although I did stop the clock at the top - we paused for about ten minutes to take in the view.  In fact, I was expecting to be entirely puffed by the half way point and I still felt that I had energy!  So that was nice.  Also, I got to use my new windbreaker for the first time as it is getting chilly in the mornings - I think I’m going to need to invest in a body-warmer for the winter.

Lily is also increasing her fitness levels: after the Twins on Monday, she got home and promptly wanted to play fetch rather than flop on the floor.  She is also getting highly excited the moment I put sunscreen on - which was sad this morning as she was not invited up Tibro.  Her little face shows the utmost disappointment when left behind.

In other news, today is FFS3.  I’m finding it very hard to study, as it is going very well and seems to just be happening without study.  I have this niggling feeling at the back of my mind that this is going to catch me out...  I feel like I did a lot more work for the Embraer type rating.

It does help that this course is actually taught - rather than just being thrown in the deep end and expected to swim.  It also helps to have an excellent sim partner, and an instructor who is really eager for us to succeed. As mentioned previously - and I didn’t delete the post so maybe there was a glitch in the Matrix - I got 100% and my sim partner wasn’t far behind with 98%, so I think we’re doing okay so far!

We have so far mastered - mostly - the normal FMS useage and normal setup and flight from A - B and shutdown procedures, we have also completed TCAS exercises, steep turns, stalls, rejected take-offs, and today will be introducing fires, smoke events, engine flameouts and single engine operations: so much fun to be had.

I have read through the material once... and kind of have a “it’s not so hard” feeling and figure if I can remember the call “confirm engine out, prof, preselect V3” I should be fine.  And there are so very few memory items on this machine, how can we possibly go wrong?  ...famous last words???

Anyway... here’s a nice view from a mountain to show you where my mind’s really at. 

Also... just nine sim sessions left to go! (Including the two company sims after the TR check.)