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My Year in Pictures

  Filed under: A&P School, Adventure, Career Change, Life Lessons

Licensed To Turn Wrenches

So … I passed! I passed my oral and practical Powerplant exams and I am now licensed to work on airplane engines. I’m not sure what was more harrowing, the weeks of study leading up to the exam, or the 9 hours of the actual exam. For those following along at home, here is what […]

If the Oral Doesn’t Kill You, the Practical Will

Next week at this time I will have completed my Oral and Practical exams for my Powerplant license. As you might imagine, much of time is currently devoted to studying. I am feeling pretty confident about the oral portion of the exam, except for the parts about fuel metering in carbureted engines. About that – […]

The Power of Habit, or Five Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Life Starting Today

I have never been one to do New Year’s resolutions. This is partly because I don’t believe in waiting for an arbitrary date to make improvements, but it’s also, more importantly, that I don’t believe in the grand gesture. I don’t see people succeeding long term when they decide that on January 1 they’re going […]

As the Propeller Turns – That’s a Wrap Edition

I survived the quarter! It doesn’t sound like that much of a feat, but given the drama of the past few weeks, there were a few times when I really wanted the end to come sooner than it did. About that drama. Angry (but less angry, lately) Republican wrote a rebuttal to my post about […]

As the Propeller Turns – Stuff Gets Real Edition

I’m in the last week of my penultimate quarter of airplane mechanic school. Fun times. Here’s a sampling of occurrences since last week: Apparently I upset my classmate, Young Guy Who Acts Like a Crabby Old Guy, with this post. He bypassed my objections to his ragey outbursts and went straight to accusing me of […]

As the Propeller Turns – Human Factors Edition

I have a classmate (known in other posts as Young Guy Who Acts Like a Crabby Old Guy) who flies into a rage every time I suggest that I know something he doesn’t know, or look at something while he’s looking at it, or after he has looked at it. Or, really, pretty much any […]

As the Propeller Turns – Inappropriate Conversation Edition

Last week’s post about a day in the life of an airplane mechanic student was so popular, I’m back this week with more snippets from my favorite conversations. There was this one: Man-Child to me: So, I really pride myself on being offensive. If I farted directly at you, would that offend you? Me: Eh, […]

A Day in the Life of an Airplane Mechanic Student

(Names changed to protect the innocent and incompetent.) 6:55 – Shoulder backpack and point keyfob back over my shoulder to lock my car as I fast-walk to the entrance of the hangar where school is held. 7:00 (on a good day) – punch in and take my seat in class. Look around to see who […]

Why and How I Write

In honor of hitting my 200 blog post milestone, I wrote this post in response to the question: “explain how you write and what inspires you.” A little over ten years ago, after saying for years that I wanted to write fiction, I decided to make it happen. In 2003 I participated in my first […]