Paris dakar and Stickandrudderman,
Thanks for the feedback!
Stickandrudderman, if you want to PM me, i will give you my email address and you can pass it on to your friend if they would like any more advice on the ppl in America?!
The flying was intense but it was a good structure. Airborne by 9am then a loooong break untill 4pm. This cut out the hottest parts of the day and we missed alot of the turbulence. Some days we flew for 2.5 hours and some we flew less. I think the day i went solo, i only did about an hour! That was offset with my solo cross country which was approaching 4 hours.
It was a 6 day week with Sundays off to do studying (or trips to Kennedy space centre!).
All in all it was tiring but very rewarding. The annoying thing is, i havent flown since i got back a month ago
....P.S im not Russian! To be honest it took me a while to understand why you asked! ... i am blonde though