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Lesson 67 – More Crosswind Practice
We finally had a beautiful looking day yesterday but, the winds were blowing too hard for a solo flight. Instead, Sandy and I flew to East Troy for some more crosswind practice. The 12 plus knot winds were blowing straight across runway 26 so, that is the one we chose to use. There were other […]
Continue readingPracticing for the Oral Exam
The wind has really been howling here in the Midwest lately. Yesterday it was blowing about 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. I need practice with crosswinds but, this was a little to much wind. Sandy and I talked it over and decided to wait for a slightly calmer day. Instead of flying, […]
Continue readingLesson 66 – Short Hops
This lesson was an exercise in finding airports and entering the patterns. We went to three different airports with landings at each. Leaving Waukegan, we flew north to Racine. I coordinated with the Kenosha tower to transition through their airspace along the way. I had the right frequencies set before takeoff so the transition went […]
Continue readingLesson 65 – Tough Crosswinds
The plan for this lesson was to stay in the traffic pattern and work on crosswind landings. As we taxied to runway 23, the tower updated the winds to 220 degrees at 20 knots gusting to 25. That is way over my personal limits so, it was a really workout for me. The wind sock […]
Continue readingLesson 64 – Cross Country to Morris
This was a dual flight to Morris, Illinois that was meant to get me back into the cross country phase of training. Overall, it went very well. I found all my checkpoints and the airport without much trouble. We couldn’t go direct from Waukegan to C09 because that route would have taken us too close […]
Continue readingLesson 63 – Flying Again
After two months off, I got back in the air yesterday. The lesson went very well and I wasn’t as rusty as I expected to be. We took off about 3:30pm and went out to the practice area west of Waukegan for some basic airwork review. Slow flight and power off stalls went fine. I […]
Continue readingI’m Back!
We are back from our cruise. I will be posting more details about that over the next few days. My first flight in over two months is scheduled for tomorrow and the weather actually looks good. How rusty will I be?
Continue readingA Temporary Hiatus
The cold, wintry weather has finally gotten to me. I find that, due to weather and work, I am only flying every two weeks or so. That means most of my flight time is spent in review. When the weather has been good enough to fly, it hasn’t been good enough for my long cross […]
Continue readingLesson 62 – More Dual
Sunday was a cold, gusty day with occasional snow showers so, I couldn’t do a local solo. Instead, it was another dual session fine tuning maneuvers. This time we did the ones we didn’t do on Thursday. With the airplane thawing out in the hanger, I got to do the preflight in comfort. It had […]
Continue readingLesson 61 – Dual to Racine
I see why CFIs recommend that their students fly at least once a week and preferably more often. The two plus week layoffs I have been going through lately always leave me rusty. Today was a perfect day with clear blue skies and smooth air. Just the kind of day I want for my long […]
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