What a beautiful night to fly! When I got to Flight 101 tonight, the plane I was supposed to fly wasn't back yet. I went in and said hello to my instructor who said that tonight we were going to take a trip to Lapeer, do some full stop landings there and then come back. But the plan changed by the time the plane showed up. It was half an hour late and then when the previous student parked it and pushed it back, he hit the wall with the right elevator and damaged it. So we weren't taking that plane up to fly. By the time we got to a different plane, got it fueled up and preflighted, there wasn't enough time to go to Lapeer and come back. So more pattern work. I am starting to get it. I had a couple of landings that were better then any I've done. Hopefully, the good weather will spill over into next weekend and I'll actually be able to fly two weekends in a row. That would be neat!
Total time is 13.8 (12.2 day, 1.6 night) with 51 landings (41 day, 10 night).
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
Weather, Weather.
I had the plane schedule this Saturday at 12 pm and while the visibility was good, the clouds were too close to the ground to allow me to do anything in Class D airspace. My instructor is off this weekend and while I have toyed with the idea of calling in sick tomorrow, I need the money more then I need to fly right now so I guess I'll have to wait until a week from Saturday to fly again. My instructor has said that all we need to work on is landings, getting the consistency on them and then she'll turn me loose to solo.
I've been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X lately and do like it. It's certainly not a good substitute for flying but it does take my mind off of things and relax me. They have missions now which actually immerse you more then the previous versions.
I've been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator X lately and do like it. It's certainly not a good substitute for flying but it does take my mind off of things and relax me. They have missions now which actually immerse you more then the previous versions.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Winds 200 at 8
I'm legal to fly by myself now when I'm ready. On Friday, I was issued my third class medical/student pilot certificate. So now when I finally am consistent on landings and when my instructor and I agree that I'm ready, I'll be able to kick her out and fly the plane by myself.
Finally, back in the air at last. Today was more pattern work as my instructor continues on the path of getting me ready to solo. I've got the takeoffs down pretty well. I need to work on staying on the runway centerline but that will come with practice. Landings are what I need to work on. I am not consistent on my landings, I flare to much or not enough. I don't pull back as much as needed. Just need to have more practice. Landings are a controlled crash as I was told today by my instructor. We flew 1.3 hours in N73455, and we completed a total of 13 landings, 2 of which were night landings and .3 hours was night flight. It was very cool to see the transition from day to twilight to dusk to dark. My instructor says that her favorite time to fly is at night and I can see why.
I did have some time scheduled last week but the winds were so fast that I erred on the side of caution and decided not to go up. It was pretty choppy I heard from those that did. So we spent time in ground school, talking about my homework and procedures for when the field goes IFR and I'm up in it. Pretty informative and gave me some ideas where I need to study. Long range forecast says a possibility of rain next week but I'm going to schedule some time anyways in the hopes that I can get up again and not grow rusty.
Total time is 12.5 hours, (12.2 day, 0.3 night) with 43 landings (41 day, 2 night).
Finally, back in the air at last. Today was more pattern work as my instructor continues on the path of getting me ready to solo. I've got the takeoffs down pretty well. I need to work on staying on the runway centerline but that will come with practice. Landings are what I need to work on. I am not consistent on my landings, I flare to much or not enough. I don't pull back as much as needed. Just need to have more practice. Landings are a controlled crash as I was told today by my instructor. We flew 1.3 hours in N73455, and we completed a total of 13 landings, 2 of which were night landings and .3 hours was night flight. It was very cool to see the transition from day to twilight to dusk to dark. My instructor says that her favorite time to fly is at night and I can see why.
I did have some time scheduled last week but the winds were so fast that I erred on the side of caution and decided not to go up. It was pretty choppy I heard from those that did. So we spent time in ground school, talking about my homework and procedures for when the field goes IFR and I'm up in it. Pretty informative and gave me some ideas where I need to study. Long range forecast says a possibility of rain next week but I'm going to schedule some time anyways in the hopes that I can get up again and not grow rusty.
Total time is 12.5 hours, (12.2 day, 0.3 night) with 43 landings (41 day, 2 night).
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