It was not a waste for me to begin training in the Kusi winter winds when I lived in coastal Kenya prior. Those early days, flying in a tiny Cessna 152 while it was tossed around like a feather in a storm, I feared I would not make it out alive. Having moved to the capital city a couple of months later, swapping a sleepy seaside airport for one of Africa’s busiest, nailing this landing gave me my first solo flight.
“But not with these winds. Wait till next Tuesday,” said my instructor Captain Vishant Modasia. It was Friday, and I could not bear spending three more days in this apprehension, so I yelled, “let me solo today—I’m ready.” Immediately, I regretted it—fear, of course.
In the larger Cessna 172, I was alone for the first time, with only the loud thud of my heart and my parched, desert-dry mouth for company. I pressed the PTT (push to talk switch) and requested clearance for departure from Air Traffic Control. One of the 10 exams I must pass to earn my Private Pilot’s Licence is radiotelephony, an entirely separate language.
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