Tag Archives for " private pilot training "
Lesson 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 […]
Continue readingLesson 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 reading