12th Grade CO-OP

Week One Summary

Throughout the first week, I began to study for my private license with the Sporty's pilot training kit. I got through the first lessons, which were telling me some basics. The first video talked about the content and how much I would receive with the kit. I was told some of the ways this kit would benefit me more like what being a pilot could do for me in life. I got the opportunity to study for my career at UCSD with Marko, and we used the library resources. Which, by the way, is a beautiful building on a beautiful campus. The high rises are built in a modern style reminiscent of buildings I saw across the UK, like in Manchester's modern downtown. I did not get the chance to take any photos, so I used this one of SDSU because it got the point across.

The Future

Im pretty certain of what I want for myself in life. Aviation as a career best suits that, I get to travel for work, I'll be paid well, and ill get to meet all sorts of people from all over the place. Even though I feel this way I can't help but feel extremely nervous as one should. I still cant help but feel intimidated when I look ahead. There are so many complicated rules and things to remember. August will mark the begining of my full time training for the nex year and a half and It will be very diffiult.

Week Two Summary

Week Two was nice, I went to the San Diego Library to study with Marko. I tried to make my notes pretty, but unfortunately, they got destroyed, and I've had to redo them. That was probably the most upsetting thing I've ever experienced. Several pages of blood, sweat, and tears that will never be seen. Anyways, it's not the end of the world, I did manage to redo most of them, and that's okay. I learned about how a wing works, as well as the different parts of a wing. For example, did you know that a wing has an imaginary line down the middle known as the wing cord? Or that the back of the wing is called the trailing edge? Well, I also learnt the different axes of the airplane, like the Longitudinal axis that controls roll, or the vertical axis that controls yaw. One very important thing I learnt was the theory of Daniel Bernoulli, which is one of the foundations of aviation as we know it.

Week Three Summary

I'm not sure how to talk about this week, so below I'll try to include facts about things I learnt. Oh, but this week was pretty short. So I didn't learn much, but the next week I would do more.

Fun fact I learnt, airplanes are like super fuel efficient. I mean like the modern ones, which, if you can imagine, are more efficient per mile than cars.
I learnt about many of the different maneuvers you do while flying and all of their names. Like the S-turn, which is a ground reference maneuver where an airplane flies a series of two 180-degree turns, each with a constant radius, on opposite sides of a straight-line reference.
The names for the different cloud levels and types. Like the low, middle, and high levels. Each of those has types of clouds, like the stratus, my favorite is the nimbostratus. There is also the Cumulonimbus, which is so big that it goes through all levels.

Week Four Summary

The last week of co-op was pretty interesting. I mean, like we had our exit interview, which was the most defining moment. I mean, it was a whole day that decided if I would pass high school. Also, last week was gradnight which was very fun. We got to Disney at like three in the afternoon, and we stayed until 2 in the morning. One of the best nights of my life, we ate at Denny's when we came back. Anyways, I wrapped up co-op by watching some more videos on Sporty's. In the end, I got to about halfway done. I'm glad I branched out with my learning, and I used other resources to learn, too. My only regret was not doing any in-person flight lessons like Marko did. This is because I can't afford the over 145$ an hour price tag. This adds up very quickly, but it's something I'll do after high school. The most interesting thing I learnt was the takeoff angle of a plane which does depend of the weight and shape.

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