METAR: KXXX 081535Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM SCT042 OVC080 00/M06 A3008 RMK AO2 T00001061 Today we practiced what I was expecting to practice last week: short field takeoffs, soft field takeoffs, short field landings, and soft field landings. Now that I’ve soloed I’m about to begin learning to fly cross country. The point of this isContinue reading “Performance Takeoffs and Landings”
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Ground School Lesson 2
Catching up to some of the homework from the syllabus, here are the completion standards questions. Why is it important to do a takeoff briefing before departure? The takeoff briefing allows the pilot to have a plan already in place to deal with the foreseeable events of the takeoff. It allows the pilot, co-pilot, andContinue reading “Ground School Lesson 2”
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”
Lesson 6
Think ahead of the airplane, and relax on the controls.
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