There are surprisingly few AMEs in the area by me given how many people. It took a little bit of calling around to find one that could take me in. It became especially urgent when the word “solo” starting floating around. The evaluation was pretty quick and straightforward. My blood pressure was a little elevatedContinue reading “Holy crap, I soloed!”
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Consistently Hitting the Center Line
METAR: KXXX 292014Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC021 00/M04 A3015 RMK AO2 T00001042 It was another cloudy, overcast day today, but that was alright, because today was about pattern work. After yesterday’s excitement of power-off landings and slips to landing, I wanted to try to put it all together. The first normal landing was not excellent.Continue reading “Consistently Hitting the Center Line”
Archer II Emergency Flashcards
My instructor during the last lesson suggested reviewing emergency procedures at red lights. I made a set of emergency flashcards for that purpose. Enjoy!
Forward Slip and Power Off Landing
METAR: KXXX 281700Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC012 M01/M03 A3006 RMK AO2 It’s not the best day to fly today, at least not for cross country or maneuvers, but today was intended to be about pattern work. I had every ambition to see if my epiphanies held true in real life the way they worked inContinue reading “Forward Slip and Power Off Landing”
How to Talk to ATC
During the pre-solo examination for the flight school, one of the questions was “what are the procedures for arriving and departing at an airport with a control tower?” It took a really long time to find the information to answer that question. Ultimately I found an article on AOPA where somebody actually wrote out theContinue reading “How to Talk to ATC”
Landing Improvement
I Think I Know How to Make My Landings Better There is a whole bunch going on in landings. So many things happen so quickly that are all so new and it’s overwhelming. No wonder I forgot the landing checklist – the mind races at all the tasks that are about to happen once weContinue reading “Landing Improvement”
Lesson 6
Think ahead of the airplane, and relax on the controls.
Rolling Takeoff vs Full Power Takeoff
A couple of lessons in during a takeoff my instructor told me that it would impress my examiner down the road if instead of rolling while applying power I should instead hold the brakes to 2000 RPM, check the gauges, smoothly release the brakes, and then go to full throttle. So for the next severalContinue reading “Rolling Takeoff vs Full Power Takeoff”
Wrapping My Head Around Induced Drag
Induced drag is the component of life acting parallel to the free-stream airflow around the airplane.
Ground School Syllabus Lesson 1
Training so far has been a little haphazard with regard to what to study. I have been reading the ASA Student Pilot Flight Manual for quite some time. Not long ago I bought a Sporty’s Pilot Training Online course and I’ve been going through the videos. Fairly recently my instructor sent me his syllabus. SoContinue reading “Ground School Syllabus Lesson 1”
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