Finishing up my solo time, Flight 37

I’m busy all weekend this week, so I took a half day of vacation to get in my final 1.7 hours of required solo time. The weather was really nice for mid November, though there was a steady 7 kt crosswind and although there were no clouds, it was hazy, particularly flying towards the sun. […]

Local Solo flight 2, Flight 36

As predicted the winds today were not good. I got to the airport early, about 8, so I could get as much flight time as possible, but unfortunately the owner took the keys home the night before, and since I wasn’t scheduled until 9 am, I lost 30-45 minutes. I did get up, though, and […]

Local Solo flight 1, Flight 35

I only lack a handful of solo hours to be eligible for the private pilot exam, so I’m trying to work them off. Unfortunately it’s dark so early here now during the week it’s really not possible to do solo work on a week day. So this weekend I planned to get 2 flights in […]

Flight Training Lesson 34, Solo cross country back to Bolton Field (KTZR)

Today we finally got some good weather again, after all of the rain and very high winds of sandy and the other storms that have moved through recently. So, I got up and got the frost off of the Warrior and was on my way to Bolton near Columbus, OH by 9 am. The conditions […]

Poor Weather

So, I’ve been trying to get in once last solo cross-country to log my last required landing at a controlled airport, and get in the last few solo hours I need, but the weather has been terrible lately, mostly with high winds. I hope to finish up in the next couple of weeks, but I’ve […]

Flight Training Lesson 33

Tonight I went up with Pete just to work on the maneuvers required for the Flight Exam (Practical Test Standards, or PTS). I’ll go back out solo on Thursday evening. We just worked on turns about a point, S turns, power on and power off stalls, steep turns, and emergency procedures. It all went fine, […]