Today was my last day and I couldn't have asked for a better senior project experience. I went on an airplane and helicopter flight demos. I don't want to choose sides, but  I like helicopters more than airplanes. Don't get me wrong airplanes are cool, but helicopters are so much more complex. I would get a helicopter license and an airplane license because in the end they both are cool. At 9:30 I went on my helicopter flight with Martina, (I hope I spelled her name correctly) she is a Swedish CFI.  We flew in a R22 not very far from the airport.

Today I went on a 9 am flight with Kelly and her student, Aaron. We flew in the king air which is multi-engine plane that is very similar to the plane I flew on Thursday. We traveled to Cecilia, Idaho. The weather that day was drizzly, but Idaho was nice and sunny. The plane flew high above the clouds and I got some nice cloud shots. Kelly flew to Idaho and then Aaron took us back to Hillsboro. It was a very nice and relaxing flight. I spent most of the time listening to the commands over the headset and taking pictures. After my flight Roberto visited and met with Ryan.

Tuesday

Today I worked with Daniela, Amy and Jared. I helped organize the Chinese students folders and them filed them. I also printed another certificate for another student. My second job I had to update information on potential students. A letter was sent out to advertise PCS to people that had previously expressed interest in aviation. Unfortunately some of the letters they sent were returned because of a wrong address. I looked at the letters and would write comments on the people's file about their contact information.

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Today I continued with my data entry. Wayne couldn't stop thanking me after I had finished. He told me it would really help later when they need to contact the people that had registered. Even though I was working at a computer I felt happy that I was helping assist someone in their dreams of flying. Well, I might not be directly helping, but I am assisting in the long run. I also want to take a moment to thank Catlin for my fast typing skills without it I would be lost. After that job I worked with Amy. Do you remember her? She also works in the school.

Monday

Today I worked with Wayne. You remember Wayne Moore! Right? Well for those of you that are forgetful he's the admission director for Hillsboro Aviation. A big part of the Pilot Career Seminar was to give away information packets on airplanes and helicopters. A lot of them were used up, but there were still some left over. In the packet there is a letter that was specifically drafted for last Saturday. My job was to go through the packets and update them with a new letter.

Tuesday

Today Hillsboro Aviation had their Pilot Career Seminar (PCS) . They had a bunch of advertisements on Facebook, the web and commercials promoting Saturday. It was a big turnout. I would say that over two hundred people came. It was not only adults that showed up, but small children and teens. It was really great to see so many people interested in aviation. I helped with set up and clean up. I worked the registration table and told people about the raffle for free demo flights in fixed wing (airplane) and rotor wing (helicopter).

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I had a very exciting day. First I continued to make information packets for the pilot career seminar. Okay, that wasn't so exciting. I made packets for about two hours when Ryan told me that I would be flying in an airplane today. He let me borrow his headphones (they cancel out the noise from the airplane and allow clear communication) and suggested I bring sunglasses and a camera since it was such a beautiful day. I flew with Kelly one of the flight instructors and her student Edward. Edward is one of the international students from Asia.