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Lesson 23 – Flying in the Rain
The weather was iffy yesterday with the radar showing solid precipitation to the west of KUGN. We didn’t want to venture away from the airport but, we did manage to make four trips around the pattern in the occasional rain. The first shower blew through as I was doing my preflight. I learned that those […]
Continue readingLesson 22 – Landings at KENW
This lesson was all about landings. We made the extermely short hop up to Kenosha Regional Airport where we did five landings on runway 6R (the black runway in the picture). There isn’t much to say. The landings weren’t bad but they weren’t great either. Each time around I would get parts of the approach […]
Continue readingLesson 21 – In the Air Again, Finally
Thursday made three weeks since my last flight. When I got to the airport, the ceiling and visibility were OK for a flight but the wind was 18 knots gusting to 24 knots. We debated about whether flying in that wind would be helpful or, just frustrating. In the end, we decided to put the […]
Continue readingThe Break Gets Longer
I got back from Utah on Monday. Tuesday turned out to be a ground school session because of rain and thunderstorms. Today’s lesson was canceled because of rain, low ceilings and high winds and forecasts for even worse conditions later in the afternoon. KUGN 111655Z 28014G25KT 5SM -RA BR BKN015 BKN020 OVC025 09/08 A2934 RMK […]
Continue readingA Short Break
This entry is coming to you from Layton, Utah where I am setting in my hotel room with a view of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. The weather forced a cancellation of Saturday’s flying lesson. I am going to be here in the Salt Lake City area for the next week so I wont have another […]
Continue readingLesson 20 – Running Errands
The school needed someone to pickup some supplies at Dupage so Sandy asked me if I would like to make that trip instead of flying our scheduled lesson. It would be a chance to get some practice at a different controlled airport as well as doing some pilotage. It sounded like a nice change of […]
Continue readingLesson 19 – Landings and Patterns
Yesterday’s lesson almost didn’t happen. We are getting into the serious landing practice stage and, ideally, we would start out with light winds and gradually work up to stronger ones. When I got to the airport, the wind was 20 knots gusting to 25. METARS around the area showed gusts as high as 29 knots […]
Continue readingThursdays Lesson Canceled
I had to cancel Thursday’s lesson because of pressing issues at work. Next lesson is scheduled for Sunday. I have kicked my study for the written test into high gear. I am planning to take it the first week of June. I will be good to get that milestone out of the way.
Continue readingLesson 18 – Learning From Difficult Conditions
The plan for this lesson was to work on side slips, forward slips and go-arounds. We flew to Grand Geneva Resort Airport where the wind was almost directly across the runway. Unfortunately, as it turned out, it was just too bumpy to accomplish everything we had planned. We did do some go-arounds and they worked […]
Continue readingLesson 17 – Flying Patterns
Yesterday’s lesson was all about pattern entry and exit. We spent about an hour in the classroom going over the procedures for getting into and out of controlled and uncontrolled fields. When the white board was filled with sketches and we had inspected the sectional and the A/FD, Sandy made one final point. What we […]
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