My Solo short x-country flight yesterday went without a hitch. It was the first time that I actually felt comfortable behind the yoke. My first x-country (with my FI) a week earlier was a disaster. I was really nervous and wasn’t totally prepared. She reassured me that it was only normal. I got up early,…
I had to cancel my lesson today… it was going to be about instrument flying. There are two possible scenarios that the flight test exmaminer will ask you to use this technique: 1. Recovery from unusual attitudes. The examiner will put the plane into either a stall or spiral then ask you to recover using…
Today couldn’t be any better for my first x-country flight (so far). I’m looking at the TAF and it is showing variable and 3 knots as the winds for Buttonville. The upper winds are a joke too: 5KT at 3000′ and 8KT at 6000′. All thanks to a quasistationary (I love that word) high pressure…
Boourns! That high pressure system didn’t stay over Ontario as long as I’d hoped – quasistationary my ass! In anycase the TAF for YKZ this morning: TAF CYKZ 141143Z 141224 VRB03KT P6SM FEW100 SCT250 FM1500Z 17010KT P6SM FEW040 BKN150 BKN250 FM1700Z 21012G22KT P6SM BKN050 OVC120 TEMPO 1824 P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC050 PROB30 1924 2SM TSRA…
My lesson today was less than stellar. I think it was because I was just too tired and couldn’t concentrate. We took off from runway 03 today via taxiway charlie. This is an old and rarely used taxiway and the first time I’ve ever used it. The grass growing through the cracks in the pavement…
Today’s lesson was awesome! On the advice of my instructor I had reviewed the procedures for landing at an uncontrolled airport before my lesson. Mind you this was at 6am this morning. We hopped in the plane and did a diversion from Claremont to Greenbank airport. The idea being that we are going to land…
With the end of a semester comes exams. I only have one, but its the one I’m least prepared for. Navigation.. such a bitch. All of the things I’m learning will never be used in the “real world”. However it is in the theory that can by applied. What scale is the VTA in? What…
“We then hit a brick wall. I hit my head on the ceiling even though I was strapped in firmly. The airplane shook violently, so much so that the instrument panel became a blur….I could see that we were climbing at 6,000′ per minute. I called Air Traffic Control and said “We are unable to…
My birthday is coming up (well, it’s in late September) and I was thinking of things that I would like to get as a present. I want a new watch to use while flying. I spent some time today online trying to find what I want but couldn’t. – Must be digital – Must be…
I recall the stories of the early arctic pilots draining their oil into a can at shutdown and then using it as a hot water bottle in their tent. This also had the effect of keeping the oil warm with their body heat to make it possible to start the engine in the morning. I…