One of the few remaining hurdles to getting my license has been the written (or so-called knowledge) exam. There are a couple of local CATS testing locations, and the one at Aviation Sales (KMGY) was the simplest to schedule. I’d been studying some for several weeks, and in fact took a bunch of time during our Labor […]
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So the last major milestone to my pilot’s certificate was the long solo cross-country. I’ll just cop to it right now, I started the morning out feeling well prepared for the flight. The forecast was great for the morning, which should give me plenty of time to do everything I needed to do, but the […]
Read MoreWe had some crosswinds tonight, starting out as 13 knot direct crosswind component, so Pete and I went out to practice. It’s been pretty benign all summer, so I haven’t had much chance to practice with any real wind. Nobody else was out playing in it, which was a good sign! The winds were challenging, […]
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Today was my first solo cross-country. I thought I would be more nervous than I turned out to be, though I admit I had trouble falling asleep last night. But, I’d been to Bolton with Pete a couple of times, and we did a few laps together this morning, including a simulated emergency before I […]
Read MoreTonight we were working on the Practical Test Standards, getting me up to speed for my eventual test, since it’s getting too dark too early to do solo cross-country work during the week. It all went pretty well, I need to tighten up some stuff, but Pete thought everything was in the passing range, so […]
Read MoreWell, weather and vacations are getting in the way a bit, but I got my medical in my hands towards the end of last week, so when we went out today the only question was how rusty was I? Well, I wasn’t too bad. The first pattern wasn’t great, but the landing was OK, and […]
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