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sdfcvoh · July 23rd, 2007, 20:28

DAY1

Started this morning at 6am. Did a little one on one classroom with my CFI, and then headed out to the 172. After going over the initial preflight, checklists, etc., we taxied out and off we went. He spent the very beginning of the flight in total control. Then handed over the controls to practice turns, climbs, and some combination turns and climbs. Those seemed to go pretty well, and we moved onto turns around a point and S turns across a road. After going over those for a while and getting comfy, we worked on power off stalls, which were a blast. Then a little pattern work before lunch: He let me fly into the pattern, then took over for final once I lined her up.

After a couple of hours in the classroom after lunch, we headed up again. This time I took off (right rudder!). After some more turns and climbs, we worked on power on stalls to include steep banked power on stalls. The stalls are really fun to do, and I like feeling the plane get all sloppy before recovering. After practicing those for a while, we headed to a secondary uncontrolled field, and I took her almost all the way down for a landing, but b/c there were some serious gusts whipping up, my CFI took over right before touchdown and did a quick touch and go.

We ended up landing at our home field in about 30kt winds with 40kt gusts right as the weather moved in properly. Quite a fun ride.

More tomorrow! 3.4 hours today.

July 23rd, 2007, 20:28	#2
sdfcvoh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: That one Posts: 872	Re: SDFCVOH's Flight training thread. DAY1 Started this morning at 6am. Did a little one on one classroom with my CFI, and then headed out to the 172. After going over the initial preflight, checklists, etc., we taxied out and off we went. He spent the very beginning of the flight in total control. Then handed over the controls to practice turns, climbs, and some combination turns and climbs. Those seemed to go pretty well, and we moved onto turns around a point and S turns across a road. After going over those for a while and getting comfy, we worked on power off stalls, which were a blast. Then a little pattern work before lunch: He let me fly into the pattern, then took over for final once I lined her up. After a couple of hours in the classroom after lunch, we headed up again. This time I took off (right rudder!). After some more turns and climbs, we worked on power on stalls to include steep banked power on stalls. The stalls are really fun to do, and I like feeling the plane get all sloppy before recovering. After practicing those for a while, we headed to a secondary uncontrolled field, and I took her almost all the way down for a landing, but b/c there were some serious gusts whipping up, my CFI took over right before touchdown and did a quick touch and go. We ended up landing at our home field in about 30kt winds with 40kt gusts right as the weather moved in properly. Quite a fun ride. More tomorrow! 3.4 hours today. __________________ I want to die like my grandfather did, peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.