I met with George on Saturday afternoon for another flight lesson. This was my sixth one and I still get a little nervous before going up. I have drug these lesson out so much (it is recommended that I fly twice a week, and sometimes it is two weeks between lessons) that we decided to do review mostly. It was a beautiful day out and the weather seemed perfect. However, once up to practice altitude, we were fighting turbulence and decided to fly 1000 feet below what I have been used to (which turns out to be about 900 feet above ground level or an altitude of 4,500 feet). This was quite a bit calmer and we had wonderful view of farms and even of one of the Hoodaright Colonies. I learned quite a bit about their way of living, and had quite a conversation with George about other places around. This was a nice way to make me more comfortable and took quite a bit of anxiety out of me.
We practiced low, medium and steep banked turns, and introduced me to slow flight. That was very interesting. The main purpose of slow flight is to teach me to have control over the airplane for landing basically. Things work quite differently when the plane is flying at a slower speed, and that is why I have had a harder time holding the wings level and steady when coming down to land. We also took advantage of the slow flight to practice another stall. We were able to induce the stall quicker since we were already set up for it while practicing the slow flight.
The day seemed to be more of a day of sight seeing and fun than learing. I did learn quite a bit, but it was not overwhelming. I must be getting more confident in myself and more comfortable in the plane.
As we were landing, we were instructed to land on runway 28R. We had planned on doing a touch and go, but with the weather, it was not as smooth of a landing as usual. After we touched down, George took control of the airplane and called back into the tower asking for permission to take off again and touch down on runway 28L. We basically hopped from one runway to another for our full stop. It was really a fun landing....maybe I liked it because I like the landing.
We talked about getting me back in there quicker for the next lesson and I really think that I will need to schedule them for the morning. It was only about 75 degrees Saturday, but in the plane, it seemed way hotter. I am sure it has a lot to do with the fact that I am packing so much extra weight right now. Morning flight are a wonderful way to start a day anyway.
Flight Time Today: 1 hour
Total Flight Time:6.6 hours
1 week ago
3 comments:
so cool!! I love hearing about your flight adventures...when you're done you can fly us all to Paris for a party or something, haha!;)
Sounds like you are really advancing in flight school! It's exciting to hear about.
Good to hear things are going well in Billings, Birthday for Fiona; stitches our for Macy; big potty for Stu. I couldn't believe it when you told me it was snowing last week! Things are going well down here. The elbow is slowly healing, though not great recovery for motion yet. Natalie is saying more words every day, and per your conversations about SAHM I missed last week, I wouldn't trade hearing that adorable voice all day for anything, broken elbow or not! Having been a workaholic for several years and working odd night hours at the paper for 2 years, I can say without a doubt this is the toughest job Ive ever had. But I also love it more than any otehr job I've had. I did like jill's comment about some mothers may not do as well as a SAHM. I think that's true, but not necessarilly for us to judge. The bottom line does come down to our children will learn more about life, love, religion, respect and confidence from us than any other people, and it is kind of an ego booster to know there really is no one else anywhere in the world who could replace us. How many million dollar executives can say that without a doubt? Hugs, Jess
PS sorry about the ond-handed typing errors
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