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Lesson 102 – A Short Solo
I went out for an hour yesterday just so I wouldn’t get too stale before my checkride. I did a couple steep turns and some slow flight but, mostly, I just flew around for fun. The thing was though, I gave up on the flight right after takeoff. As I took off on runway 5, […]
Continue readingLesson 101 – Marking Time
I was scheduled for my checkride last Wednesday (Sept. 12)with an alternate date on Friday. We had to cancel Wednesday because of low ceilings. To stay fresh, Sandy and I went out for a short dual session on Thursday. We did a few landings at Burlington and some hood time on the way there and […]
Continue readingLesson 100 – Gusty Wind Landings
I flew with another CFI on Tuesday. This was supposed to be a final soft and short field lesson before my checkride. As it turned out, it was a good lesson but not in conditions that would allow soft and short field work. The METARS gave the winds as 290 at 14 gusting to 23 […]
Continue readingLessons 98 and 99 – Double Header
I flew two lessons today. At 10 AM I went out solo to go over all the maneuvers on my own. I went through the whole routine of slow flight, power off stalls and steep turns up high then dropped down to 1700 feet for S-turns, turns around a point and rectangular patterns. I had […]
Continue readingWaukegan Airshow – 2007
Georgia and I went to the Waukegan Air Show today. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to be out at the airport. Temperature was in the low 70s and the sun was shining. There was just enough of a breeze to keep the air moving. With great weather and excellent performers, it […]
Continue readingLesson 97 – Better Landings
Sandy and I went out in the pattern yesterday to concentrate on landings. I did much better than last time. I was trying to concentrate on my crosswind correction and so, let the landings get a little flat; not horribly so though. Sandy wasn’t worried abut the flair and she was happy about the improved […]
Continue readingLesson 96 – Back to Landings
We went to Kenosha where they have parallel runways. That way we could do touch and gos without interrupting the traffics flow like we would back at Waukegan. My landings were better than last time but, still far from perfect. The good news is that they got better as we went along. I was really […]
Continue readingLesson 95 – Remedial Landings
For some reason, suddenly I seem to be unable to find the ground with both hands. Sandy and I went out to do short and soft field landings on Sunday but, ended up doing short and soft field takeoffs but only normal crosswind landings. I just couldn’t get it together in the flair. I did […]
Continue readingLesson 94 – Stormy Weather
Those readers in the Chicago area know all about the extreme weather we had yesterday afternoon. For those of you who live elsewhere, it was a period of severe thunderstorms and near hurricane force winds. The Waukegan airport was spared the worst of the storms but, it was still not flyable for training after about […]
Continue readingWaiting out the Weather
I haven’t posted lately because, I haven’t had the chance to fly for a while. The weather here in the Chicago area has been crummy, especially on the days I have been scheduled to fly. Today is a perfec t example. I should be leaving right now to go to the airport but, here are […]
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