I was planning my next flying lesson for the beginning of February, but because of a high wind warning, and low level wind shear, my lesson was canceled. Unfortunately, I was not able to work in another one before leaving town. My wife Heather and I are in Kona, Hawaii. As we departed LAX for KOA, we noticed John Travolta’s 707 parked on the ramp opposite from the passenger terminal. LAX is an awesome airport for planespotting geeks. As we pushed back from our gate, we saw this huge and very dirty Delta 747-400.

We were excited to get back to Hawaii, but I was definitely bummed that I missed my latest flying lesson because it was likely going to be my solo, or the last lesson right before my solo.

At least I brought my private pilot books to study. I also happened to bring my logbook.

As it turns out, I found a flight instructor based in Kona, flying out of Kona Airport. I scheduled a flight with him this coming Friday. It looks like we’ll be flying the 172P with Aspen Glass cockpit and GPS.

You will definitely be getting an update on how that flight goes. Since it isn’t really practical for me to solo in Kona, we’ll be doing a cross country trip from Kona to Hilo and back.