Tuesday Evening
Dear Mom + Dad,
And so
another day at primary draws to a close and thus come the time for another
letter home. Today was a good day for me
on the flying line and everything seemed to go well. Yesterday I was rather disgusted as I had a
bad day but today I really had the feel of the plane. It’s funny how your idea changes on it from
day to day. You’re up one day and discouraged
the next.
The old
routine is beginning to slow up again. I’m
so darn tired of living under military surveillance that it just gets me
down. I’d sure like to be a free man and
be able to do what I wanted again. I
know what it is I’m just getting tired of it all. I really think I need a furlough but I have
to still plug along and keep the old chin up.
I’m not really discouraged, on the contrary, but I guess you know what I
mean.
As I said
before my flying seems to be coming along swell and I’m getting a big kick out
of it. Today, my instructor put me in my
first spin and that is a terrific sensation.
You climb straight up into nothing and then the plane stalls, you fall
off the and the earth comes spinning at you crazily. It is a wonderful sensation that you just can’t
describe.
I now
have a total of 2 ½ hours in the air and though that isn’t very much, I’m
beginning to get the hang of it. In 8-10
hours you are supposed to solo and the time really does seem to mount up. The next week and half will probably tell the
story as then the wash outs will really start.
I’m not worried as I think I’m going to squeeze through. However, you can never tell just how your are
doing for sure, so I still have my fingers crossed. Regardless of what happens it has been a lot of
fun and I really have enjoyed it. As I
said before I think I’m going to make it!
Just keep praying for me.
This
weekend I’m expecting to take in Pine Bluff.
If the weather continues nice and we get our flying time in we will have
the weekend off. From all reports the
town is really the stuff. It seems that
the cadets really rate as we are the only military personnel in the
vicinity. From the stories I’ve heard it
is really paradise. Well, we’ll soon
find out.
I guess that’s
all for now. I should be hearing from
you direct very soon now as I’ve been here a week. Mail doesn’t have so far to travel anymore.
All my love
Bobby
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