Update time again ...
I can't believe it's been 6 weeks since I've had a chance to scribble down an update. Time seems to be at a real premium these days. The maintenance course is drawing to a close (only 7 weeks left) and when I'm not in class I'm out flying. Anyway, no time to slack off just yet, it's head down and tail up for the final push. But before all that, I have a few days off for Independence day (think that is when we Brits got kicked out of the US 
) and I'll be heading down to Louisiana again with the Cooper family, making it 4 times traveling the height of the US in
a small plane. Actually this time it will be a little bigger plane as he just bought a new twin engine (Baron 58). 2 engines means we get there in half the time which is great!
Oh yeah, here is a pic of me when i got my 'airframe' certificate! Only the 'powerplant' section left to do now. The mechanical course is getting really good now. At the moment we are doing a full overhaul on a test engine, working with propellers and also the installation process & mounting of a new engine. Everything is getting more practical now so that make it easier to concerntrat when the temperatures get up to the low 30's!
Just the other week two of my friends from Capernwray got married, and guess who they asked to be part of their wedding. It was such a blessed time and a real privilege to be part of their special day. The wedding was down in Virginia at a town called Blacksburg. Its only 4 hours by small airplane however, with a MASSIVE cold front pushing through from behind, 60 knot headwinds, and a tornado watch out just in the next state I thought 
it would be better to drive. The last thing I'm sure they would want would be for the grooms man to be stranded at some tiny airport in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, it took ... wait for it ... 13HOURS to drive there one way. That is the same as driving to Dublin and back 3 times in a row! Praise God for a car that didn't break down and cheap petrol.
This was my view for over 1 day!
For those that are up on current affairs, Blacksburg is the home or Virginia Tech University where a South Korean student shot and killed 32 people back in April. It was really wierd to be in such a beautiful place and imagine the horrors that unfolded just a few weeks prior.
Well ... it's now the end of anoth day. More updates to follow soon.
Cya ... Nevin
