Happy Easter

Well, Peter's long anticipated visit home to Ottawa is here .. he arrived yesterday at about 5 pm. It was a long overdue visit for us, and a very welcome break from school work for him. The past three weeks have been very busy for him what with many 12-16 hr days, as well as a minimum of 12 hrs work on the weekends. He also went to Heathrow to (in his words): 'explore 21st century civilian systems technology in the Boeing 777 simulator'...in the simulator he 'flew' from Heathrow to Marseilles, France. The first semester has been extremly exhausting, but really exciting and rewarding; he has flown over 30 hrs in 8 different types of aircraft, and was even able to experience 'formation flying' - think Snowbirds. Needless to say, I hope he doesn't have to do that too many more times! The term ended on Thursday with Peter's group presentation on the 'range and endurance performance of a Hawk T Mk 1' ... one tutor said that it was the best presentation on that subject matter that he had ever seen during his time at the school. It was a nice way to leave off before the break.

So, Peter will be home in Ottawa until April 15th when he heads back to the UK. After that, we have 6 weeks apart to endure before Fletch and I fly over .. so that should be interesting to say the least.

Just thought we'd keep you all posted, hope you have a Happy Easter!

Team PM