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NW_Pilot · July 25th, 2007, 22:47

Yep, if you keep at it those wind gusts will seem mundane before too long and it'll take some really beefy gusts to scare you off.

I remember the first time I soloed, I was scared to death...I soloed at 36 hours but only because I wasn't going often enough. I was plenty confident in the plane but I was certain I was going to die right there on the runway.

On another note...I got to go up in my buddies Christen Eagle biplane this afternoon, we did some loops, rolls, a little inverted, etc.. We were airborne at about 400' of runway but stayed about 20' off the runway till we hit 120 kts then into about a 60 degree climb to about 2000'. We headed "out west" for a series of loops, rolls, inverted, and the like it was a real kick in the a$$!

Don't get too cocky out there though, I remember one early incident where I was doing some x-wind landings and a gust knocked me from one side of a 150' wide runway to the other...I thought for sure I was going to smack up the plane but managed to keep it together, still scared the crap out of me!

Looking forward to tomorrows' report cadet! NW_Pilot...out!

July 25th, 2007, 22:47	#9
NW_Pilot Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 59	Re: SDFCVOH's Flight training thread. Yep, if you keep at it those wind gusts will seem mundane before too long and it'll take some really beefy gusts to scare you off. I remember the first time I soloed, I was scared to death...I soloed at 36 hours but only because I wasn't going often enough. I was plenty confident in the plane but I was certain I was going to die right there on the runway. On another note...I got to go up in my buddies Christen Eagle biplane this afternoon, we did some loops, rolls, a little inverted, etc.. We were airborne at about 400' of runway but stayed about 20' off the runway till we hit 120 kts then into about a 60 degree climb to about 2000'. We headed "out west" for a series of loops, rolls, inverted, and the like it was a real kick in the a$$! Don't get too cocky out there though, I remember one early incident where I was doing some x-wind landings and a gust knocked me from one side of a 150' wide runway to the other...I thought for sure I was going to smack up the plane but managed to keep it together, still scared the crap out of me! Looking forward to tomorrows' report cadet! NW_Pilot...out! __________________ " There's old pilots, and there's bold pilots, but there aren't many old bold pilots"