It was supposed to storm today, and it did sprinkle a bit on us, but we went nearly an hour without issue. It was kind of nice, the overcast and building clouds off to the west were holding the temperature down. Since we expected weather we just stayed in the pattern, and with the weather […]
Read MoreMore of the same today, except it was quite a bit cooler today, and not quite so bumpy and breezy, and I actually did pretty well. I even hit my own wing tip vortices doing left and right steep turns. Not shabby.
Read MoreWhen we last left our hero was trying to do gross weight testing. If you read that update, you know we got a funky vibration from the right main gear. Since initial investigation didn’t show any real anomolies, aside from some brake drag, we decided to pull the wheels and check the brakes for warping […]
Read MoreWow, was it hot and bumpy today, with a good enough crosswind to keep me working hard. I was all over the place today, and the bumps wore me out mentally pretty fast. I wasn’t terrible, but I wasn’t good, and I was whipped pretty early. It was a busy weekend and I have to […]
Read MoreIt’s the long Memorial Day weekend, and I’m going to try and get a couple of flights in as well as visit the Air Force Museum with some friends of ours. Today we stayed in the pattern for the first time, doing 12 landings. I did OK, but I need to get better about pulling […]
Read MoreSo my instructor was reading my blog this week, and decided to make me do more steep turns to the left. Therefore I decided to just lay down the law and crush them! Actually today was a pretty good day, and I actually performed some of the maneuvers to test standards, and showed some real […]
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