No Kit Yet but a Training Accomplishment Finally Finished....

So just a short update today. Still no word on my kit progress, but Van's did release an update last week about its shipping delays and how they plan to resolve them. They are going to provide more frequent updates and hopefully I will hear something soon. I have found more than one person who ordered in July and August who are also still waiting, so I assume it may be another month or two. Its not bad, my garage is 30 degrees so I am not eager to stand out there freezing quite yet.

In other news, I finally got to finish my checkride. I unfortuntaely freaked out and screwed up one approach (non precision to circling) due to anxiety. I shook it off and then flew everything else perfect. But as we all know, I got a unsatisfactory and had to redo the one approach and circle. I ended up rescheduling four or five times because of the crappy weather recently. Either way, I flew this past Wednesday and everything went perfect. We flew the approach I expected and the examiner complimented my skill at the end. He told me he knew I was nervous on the first one and noticed my "tense" handling. He said I was noticeably relaxed this time around and flew perfectly. I am so happy to be done with that training as I wanted it for years but had no time when the kids were young. I hope to do some good flying in the spring and summer this year to enjoy it.