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今日は８時からの走行だったので、７時前にはサーキット入り。メチャ眠の状態で気合いで起きてサーキットに行きました。今日は３０分の走行が午前中に一回で３０分の予選セッションが２回あって、仕事が終わったのは７時過ぎ。長い一日でした。仕事が終わってからホテルに戻る前に、友達のインストラクターが自分のセスナ機を乗ってきてるから一緒にフライト行かない〜って誘われたので、迷わずOKして行ってきました！！

Since we had a 30min practice session starting at 8am today...I was at the track before 7am. Obviously way too early for me and it's pretty hard to get up not being motivated when you are not going to drive a race car. Neverthelss, it's work so I got up and made sure I gave good feedbacks. There were two more qualifying session in the afternoon and I was done with work at about 7pm. Pretty long day at the track. After leaving the track, my friend who also instructs at Skip Barber asked me if I was intersted to join flying in his airplane and I was totally up for it!!

セスナ機に乗るのは始めてでかなりワクワク！意外とあっと言う間に飛び立って身軽の動きでいいじゃんって感じです。が〜飛行速度はあまり早くないので長時間乗るのは辛そう・・・。離陸して落ち着いたらとつぜん、操縦してもいいよ〜って友達が言うので迷わずスティックを握って操縦開始。思ってた以上に難しいのでビックリ。色々と飛行免許の取得の話を聞いたら自分もゲットしたいな〜って思ってきちゃいました。ん〜その前に自分の飛行機が買える様に頑張って稼がないと・・・。（泣）

It was my first time in a small plane and I was really excited abou the flight. The plane is a lot more compact than I thought but it took off the ground really quickly. However, I'm not sure if I can handle more than 2-3hr on flight. Once up on air, my friend let me fly his plane and that was a real good experience for me! It was a lot harder than I have imagined and I certainly have more respect for the pilots now!! After all the talks on how to get an aviation license... I think I may consider getting one but first I must make more money...