sorry guys, i guess i slacked off a little and didn't update for a little while. so i figured i'd better change that. my last flight was almost two weeks ago, on cinco de mayo. was a pretty busy day up in the practice area, but still had a productive time up there. we did power off stalls. the time before that, we had done slow flight, so it was the natural progression. although i've spent a decent amount of time looking at aerodynamics and lift theory, i'll admit that i was still a little apprehensive at the prospect of "falling out the sky" before we began. nevertheless, we went up and steve demonstrated the technique then handed over the controls to me mid-stall and told me to recover. turned out to not be as scary as i had originally feared, although i am in no way dismissing the vigilance that one must have surrounding stalls, especially outside of straight and level. after recovery, we climbed back up to altitude and did a couple more iterations of power offs before heading back for the landing. tower cleared us for 26l this time, and we went in for an uneventful landing.
although cinco de mayo was the last time we got up, we did have another lesson scheduled last tuesday as well. i had specifically started scheduling my classes in the afternoons to avoid the june gloom that is all too common in the socal mornings this time of year, but to no avail. so on tuesday, weather was still below minimums to allow us to fly at 1500 and my cfi really hadn't the slightest idea of what we should do. finally decided to just go out and taxi around the airport, lol. i know how to taxi a plane, but actually taxiing isn't always as smooth as desired. driving cars probably has a big thing to do with it, but i'm defnitely getting better. so we just taxied around the airport and got a bit of gas. was also a nice time to practice talking to atc and getting a feel for ground ops with a couple planes in the circuit.
anyway, that's the news for this week. at least so far as has already been completed. i have a flight scheduled for thursday morning, but if this weather continues in this manner, i imagine another ground lesson is in the works. also had one scheduled for today, but we just cancelled it outright. we'll just have to wait and see.
although cinco de mayo was the last time we got up, we did have another lesson scheduled last tuesday as well. i had specifically started scheduling my classes in the afternoons to avoid the june gloom that is all too common in the socal mornings this time of year, but to no avail. so on tuesday, weather was still below minimums to allow us to fly at 1500 and my cfi really hadn't the slightest idea of what we should do. finally decided to just go out and taxi around the airport, lol. i know how to taxi a plane, but actually taxiing isn't always as smooth as desired. driving cars probably has a big thing to do with it, but i'm defnitely getting better. so we just taxied around the airport and got a bit of gas. was also a nice time to practice talking to atc and getting a feel for ground ops with a couple planes in the circuit.
anyway, that's the news for this week. at least so far as has already been completed. i have a flight scheduled for thursday morning, but if this weather continues in this manner, i imagine another ground lesson is in the works. also had one scheduled for today, but we just cancelled it outright. we'll just have to wait and see.
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