School

It has been such a long time since I was in school. 35 years since I graduated high school. Wow! Well the commitment to go every day, 5 days a week, was a pretty solid one. But I guess that learning enough to be competent, and to claim to be a qualified aircraft mechanic, takes lots of time.
I got through the first semester pretty well, though. 16 credits with a 4.0 GPA. I start school again tomorrow, doing another 16 credits of aviation studies plus 3 credits of English. Lets see how I do this semester. The break has been nice, not having to travel the 150 mile round trip to school every day, but I am looking forward to learning about engines. That is the focus this semester. We will be tearing down and rebuilding several aircraft engines and also working on turbine (jet) engines as well. Should be fun
Unfortunately, because of the amount of time I am spending at school, not much has been done on the plane. However, a group of us is working on getting a hangar right near the school at SLC International Airport. If this happens, then I will move the plane up there. Several of my classmates have volunteered to help me with the restoration if I can get it moved to Salt Lake.
It will be another fun adventure moving it up the freeway, and I will post pictures of that event when it happens. This time, I will have one of my neighbors, a highway patrol officer, escort us on the freeway as we will be moving through more congested areas and several areas of highway construction.
I have been giving some consideration of continuing my studies after I have my A&P license, finishing off the bachelors degree with a teaching certificate. I did a fair amount of coaching last semester, and everyone tells me I would be a good teacher. Years ago, when I was going to go to college to become a high school teacher, I could not face the challenge of trying to teach teenagers who didn't really want to be there. But the thought of teaching a college level, especially with aviation as the subject is very appealing. That is a few years away though, so we will see what happens in the future. At the moment, surviving as a student will take all my focus and energy.