[plthijinx]

this weekend was brutal. with the heat and other things. on one flight that i had sunday, i lost my vacuum pump which powers the artificial horizon and heading indicator. thank god i was in visual conditions. helluva learning experience though. i got to see first hand how the instruments react when they loose the pump. i remember looking down at the AH and it was telling me i was in a dive when in fact i wasn't. heading was way off too so i looked over at the suction guage and it read zilch.

then last night i had a sight seeing flight for fireworks, lost my panel lights, had numerous bogeys in the sky and had to deal with every redneck on that side of town shooting wannabe sam's at me. (at least it seemed that way). shheesh, it was a long night. on the bright side, the 3 major shows were spectacular!