No. 1
posted by Jen | 5:41 PM
I landed an airplane yesterday! Well - sort of. It was basically just following the step-by-step directions from my instructor. The term controlled crash may be a bit more applicable than normal, but I got a little '1' under the No. Landing column in my log book. I was kind of high and definately not appropriately trimmed, so I felt like I was fighting the airplane all the way down. But, I hit the runway and didn't damage anything.
My instructor keeps telling me that I'm doing really well. I definately felt less confident in the things I was doing this week, though. It's one thing to do this stuff with him there telling me exactly how to do it. It will be something else entirely to do it on my own, though. I think I have several more weeks before I have to worry about that, though.
My instructor keeps telling me that I'm doing really well. I definately felt less confident in the things I was doing this week, though. It's one thing to do this stuff with him there telling me exactly how to do it. It will be something else entirely to do it on my own, though. I think I have several more weeks before I have to worry about that, though.
Labels: flying, rocket science
2 Comments:
Cool!
I am envious on Jose's behalf. There's always been crosswind when he goes, so despite the fact that he's now done stalls ad nauseum, he hasn't gotten to land yet!
Ooh, he's really going to hate that I stole his spot on Saturday, then. We left for Conroe Saturday noon, so I stole his 9:00 am slot.
When we took off it was glassy smooth. By the time we came back, there was some bumpiness, so flying the pattern didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped. The winds were still VRB, though.
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