by Richard Brown | Jun 29, 2016 | Flight Training
Well, I thought we were going to go through my phase check but instead my CFI wanted to nail down the short and soft field take offs and landings which was fine. I would rather feel more comfortable with those before moving on. One could argue that you could just make...
by Richard Brown | Jun 25, 2016 | Flight Training
So what is in double digits you ask? My flight time. After today’s lesson I am at 11.4 hours and moving closer to my solo. Today was the first time I have flown in the morning and the first time I have flown without any wind. The winds have always been blowing...
by Richard Brown | Jun 23, 2016 | Flight Training
Hot again… I think that is what it will be from here on out since we are going into July and the only time I can fly in the week is the evening when it hasn’t cooled down yet and even if we take off in the morning on a Saturday by the time we come back...
by Richard Brown | Jun 17, 2016 | Flight Training
Another hot day of flying with the temperature at 95 degrees and the winds out of the West. Today we went up in the Cherokee 180 so it was nice to have a little more power than the 140’s. I am comfortable talking with ground and the tower now, although I still...
by Richard Brown | Jun 11, 2016 | Flight Training
What is getting smaller and smaller? That would be the runways I landed on today. It was overcast and as we had run through all the maneuvers the last two flights my CFI wanted to go visit some other airports. He said that as I get ready to solo he wants to make sure...