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Lesson 93 – Maneuvers Run Through
Sandy and I went out to the practice area to go through all the usual maneuvers. I didn’t have any real problems with any of them. Sandy pointed out a few little things I could do, like getting the power in quicker when entering slow flight, but nothing major. There are a couple things that […]
Continue readingLesson 92 – Solo and Checkride Plans
I went out to the practice area for some solo work yesterday. I did a quick run through of all the maneuvers and I was happy with how I did. Back at the airport, I stayed in the pattern and did four landings before calling it a day. The Designated Pilot Examiner I was planning […]
Continue readingLesson 91 – Touch and Gos
The weather wasn’t great yesterday. It was another hot, humid day and METARS around the area showed low ceilings with scattered rain showers. Sandy and I stayed in the pattern for more landing practice but, this time, we did touch and gos instead of full stops. That let us get in more landings in a […]
Continue readingLesson 90 – Hotter Day Pattern Work
We considered several options to deal with the yesterday’s heat. I could go solo or we could do some dual to review high maneuvers since the air should be cooler at higher altitude. One of the CFIs put together a new training presentation on the KAP140 auto pilot so, we could do some ground school […]
Continue readingLesson 89 – Hot Day Pattern Work
This week is the hottest of the summer, so far. Staying in the pattern doesn’t allow the interior of the airplane to cool off much but, landings are what I need work on so landings are what we did yesterday. We only did six take offs and landings in a short 1.1 hour session. I […]
Continue readingLesson 88 – Solo Maneuvers Yet Again
I went out to the practice area solo again yesterday. Another Cessna was also doing high work in the area so, I started out with some ground reference practice. My S-turns, rectangular patterns and turns around a point were all fine. With those done, I climbed back up to 3200 feet and didn’t see any […]
Continue readingLesson 87 – Some More Landings
There was a line of thunderstorms to the west of the airport again yesterday but, they didn’t get close enough to interfere with our pattern work. We did get a couple very light showers while we were up, nothing more. We did seven take-offs and full stop landings working on crosswind correction and flaring. It […]
Continue readingLesson 86 – Turf and Asphalt
We had planned a dual session to work on crosswinds so, naturally, the winds were very light all day yesterday. As a plan B, we decided to go to Burlington for some soft and short field practice. I haven’t done maximum performance landings for months. Since BUU has both turf and hard surfaced runways, it […]
Continue readingLesson 85 – Another Checkride Prep Solo
This flight was a short solo to go through all the maneuvers. I started out with the high work – slow flight, steep turns and stalls. Those all went fine. I pulled the power to idle for a simulated engine out. Once down to 1700 feet, I stopped the descent and used my chosen emergency […]
Continue readingLesson 84 – Review Again
I had another dual session with Sandy yesterday. We did ground reference maneuvers, hood work, unusual attitude, VOR tracking, a go around and a power off accuracy landing. All of those went fine. We also did three cross wind landing that were just so-so. The wind was blowing at 14 knots with gusts to 22 […]
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