Flying by Feel
posted by Jen | 9:33 AM
Baby Watch Update: As of this morning, the doctor says I’m 60% effaced and 2 cm dialated. He says that things are “right on track” for my due date. So, we may be waiting a couple weeks yet. This turns out to be a good thing as he’s going out of town next week. I know from watching my dad that you can’t count on getting your own doctor for a delivery, but it would be nice.
I went flying yesterday for what I decided would be my last time before Baby. I’m just getting more and more unwieldly every day. My instructor took a picture of me in the plane, so when he e-mails it to me I’ll post my “Jen in the cockpit 37+ weeks pregnant” picture.
The lesson was good - I did instrument work for most of an hour. Luckily I, like Jose, seem to have no trouble with getting sick under the hood. It was rather bumpy, too, so if that didn’t do it… My instructor even did this thing where he made me close my eyes and fly the plane for a minute by feel. I then opened my eyes to see how off I was. I could tell while I was doing it that I had a tendency to let the nose drop, because I could hear the airspeed pick up. Then when I opened my eyes, the horizon was rolled about 20 deg right wing down. He told me he has people do that to disillusion them that they can fly by feel. I assured him that I wasn’t surprised at all that I couldn’t fly by feel! I have trouble doing that test where you close your eyes and stand on one leg.
I went flying yesterday for what I decided would be my last time before Baby. I’m just getting more and more unwieldly every day. My instructor took a picture of me in the plane, so when he e-mails it to me I’ll post my “Jen in the cockpit 37+ weeks pregnant” picture.
The lesson was good - I did instrument work for most of an hour. Luckily I, like Jose, seem to have no trouble with getting sick under the hood. It was rather bumpy, too, so if that didn’t do it… My instructor even did this thing where he made me close my eyes and fly the plane for a minute by feel. I then opened my eyes to see how off I was. I could tell while I was doing it that I had a tendency to let the nose drop, because I could hear the airspeed pick up. Then when I opened my eyes, the horizon was rolled about 20 deg right wing down. He told me he has people do that to disillusion them that they can fly by feel. I assured him that I wasn’t surprised at all that I couldn’t fly by feel! I have trouble doing that test where you close your eyes and stand on one leg.
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