Initial Flight Screening

So I am here in Pueblo, Colorado doing Initial Flight Screening for the Air Force. I got here on the first of March and will be here for another week or so. This place is pretty amazing. We live in a huge building that has everything that we need for our training in the same building. On one side of the building are all of our rooms, and on the other side is the cafeteria, gym, barber shop, store, and flight rooms. Initial Flight Screening is designed to weed out pilot candidates that most likely would not be succesful at pilot training, and to better prepare other pilots for follow on pilot training. We fly little two-seat DA-20's or Katanas. I have been having a great time here meeting new people and getting paid to fly and learn about aviation. I can't complain. It is pretty intense though. The first week we were here was academic week which they crammed pretty much everything that you need to know to get your private pilot licence into three days, and then gave us the weekend to study for a huge exam. Needless to say that weekend was spent in the books. Since then we have been able to get out a little bit on the weekends. This past weekend we drove up to Colorado Springs and visited the Air Force Academy. We found a pretty cool hiking trail and hiked up on top of a mountain that overlooked the Academy. That was pretty cool. I have flown 7 times now and I will probably solo on Monday of next week and have my checkride mid next week. I have to get to bed. I will try to make another post soon to let you know more about this place.