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Charlotte Emily's avatar

Hey Carson :)

Just commenting to let you know I've nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award! You can see more info and my questions here - https://open.substack.com/pub/thedaggerandtheinkwell/p/the-dagger-and-the-inkwell-was-nominated?r=25101h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 😊

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Thank you!! I rly appreciate that, this fr looks so awesome!! So, do I need to put out a post answering the same questions you answered on that link? And then just do the rest (nominate 11 bloggers, notify them, put the logo on my post, etc.?)

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Carson Wagner's avatar

WAIT, NEVERMIND, I found the extra questions at the bottom of the article for nominees. I just answer those, right?

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Charlotte Emily's avatar

You’re welcome! Yeah it’s a lot of fun!

Yes so you just need to do a post about it following the same structure as mine, and like you said answer those questions and nominate up to 11 bloggers :)

I can’t wait to read your post!!

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Cool, sounds good! Thanks again :)

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Charlotte Emily's avatar

Great! No prob 😊 It’s very encouraging seeing other young people with such firm beliefs/faith, so it’s nice being able to share your work with others! I especially appreciated your post on biblical manhood, as that’s something that I think is very lacking in today’s culture :)

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Thats lowkey extremely encouraging to hear 🤣🤣 i'm rly glad you like my work!!

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Julia Kostraba's avatar

Hello hello! I'm a student pilot too!! :) although the door toward getting my license was closed a couple of years ago... maybe some other time! God knows. Do you fly low or high wing?

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Carson Wagner's avatar

AYYYEEE thats awesome!! Hopefully you can get back into it at some point :)

At the moment, high wing. Personally I think low-wing planes just look cooler so I'm thinking if I have the money once I get my license, I'd like to buy a little Cirrus or Piper or something along those lines. So Lord willing, I'll be able to do that. But for now, while I'm in training, just high-wing Cessnas.

What about you (when you flew, that is)?

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Julia Kostraba's avatar

Yes, I'm hoping so too! :)

That sounds like an AWESOME plan!!! I hope you're able to do that!

During my training, I flew in two different states (we moved), four different airports, and with a number of instructors and planes. My favorite plane (and the one I soloed in) was a beauty of a Varga 2150A Kachina - still with original paint! I got lucky... clear ceiling, stick (MUCH easier than a yoke), and sitting in the middle of the plane. It was glorious. I feel like I can't see very well in other planes, especially high wing, so I definitely prefer low wing. Man, I really want to get back into it! Any tips for learning the FAA rules and regs???

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Carson Wagner's avatar

NICE. That's awesome!! Sounds like a lot of fun :)

Hmm....yeah that's a tough question. Not long ago I just bought a FAR/AIM (the FAA rules & regs handbook) and tried to read it but it is SO thick and tedious I barely got like a quarter of the way thru. I picked up a Pilot's Handbook on Aeronautical Knowledge and an Airplane Flying Handbook (both official textbooks) and those condensed it down way more. Other than that, I would just recommend consuming as much aviation-related content as you can--Youtube, books, blogs, old pilots, etc. Honestly, that's helped the most for me. You just pick stuff up as you go along. (and develop an appetite for flying)

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Glori Writes's avatar

So do you know the Gonnellas? I know they also do LOS and they're from our church. Sam's a senior and Nate would be a sophomore.

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Yes ma'am!! I have Latin with Sam, and we're on the same breakout team :)

thats crazy!! I had no clue y'all went to the same church.

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Glori Writes's avatar

Nice! That's fun! He's a pretty fun guy - we're not super close friends, but I'm fine with that haha. It's a pretty small town... we're the only CREC church in the county. If you go to the Called conference, our pastor usually does a talk.

Yup... we're going to be in the same year at NSA too... his older brother is currently a junior and I'm close friends with his older sister.

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Sickkk!! Yeah, Sam's cool 😎. Ohh okay, that's interesting. I've never been to Called but I want to go rly rly baddd.

Yeah Sam's been keeping us updated on him getting into NSA and what he plans to do and whatnot. Sounds awesome!!

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Glori Writes's avatar

Yeah I actually haven't heard anything other than that he's going haha. Yeah I haven't gone to Called either, but a lot of my friends (including Sam) have gone and had a great time. If you can afford it I recommend!

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Carson Wagner's avatar

Ohh okay yeah 🤣

fr, it sounds super cool!! Imma have to go one of these years

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Glori Writes's avatar

Nice, definitely!

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Kiara Hainsworth's avatar

I just read this again... and either you changed it or I didn't actually read it the first time, but this is really good!

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Carson Wagner's avatar

thanks!! I did edit it recently, maybe that's why.

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Margot's avatar

Oh… but is Latin reallyyy the best language???? I am convinced they were just trying to throw us off with all the unnecessarily stacked clauses 😭😭

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Carson Wagner's avatar

I mean that's fair actually.....but still tho Latin is awesome 🤣

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