I’ve just about got everything I need pulled together to send back to the FAA for my medical, and I’ve got a couple of flights to get in before our Labor Day vacation, so tonight we went out and did some night flying. I’ve always enjoyed flying at night. It’s so calm, typically very few […]
Read MorePete and I moved on to another new skillset today. We did both unusual attitude recovery and simulated instrument (IFR, or hood time) flying. We started with some soft and short field work as a recap of the previous flight. I did OK, but still need some work there, the last couple being pretty good, but the […]
Read MoreWe beat the storms tonight to do some more precision airplane work, mostly soft field take-offs and short field landings. We did a couple at Warren County, including a failed engine on take-off simulation, then headed over to Middletown. MWO was buzzing with activity, and we did a couple of short field landings there before […]
Read MoreToday we went back out in the new Cherokee 180 and just got good an comfortable with her. The last flight we pretty much just went to Bolton and came back. Today we did slow flight, power on and off stalls, emergency procedures, steep turns, and short and soft field take-offs and landings. It was […]
Read MoreWell, I got a note from the FAA this week asking for some additional paperwork for my medical, which I’m in the process of getting, so it’ll be a few more weeks before I get to fly solo. But, never fear, because I’m back flying out of Lebanon (our home airport). It’s been a strange […]
Read MoreAnother lesson tonight, and we focused on short field and soft field operations mostly, although we did do some slow flight and stalls to try an sharpen my skills after the long break. Overall my flying is OK, though I do need to be sharper on roundout and landing. I still flare a little too […]
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