Josh let me know on the very end of the downwind, that my electrical system had just failed. He turned down all the lights, and we were in the dark. All I had was runway lights, engine sounds and a stall horn to guide me. My response to this was, "Oh...does that mean I have no flaps either?" (The Skyhawk has electric flaps.) So now it was a no flap landing too. Nevertheless, I made a really good, short landing.... Read more »
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A Short Dual Lesson
The lesson culminated with a thoroughly normal landing which was excellent. It was another landing that really made me look good and really makes me feel bad about the terrible landings I had been making. After securing the plane and paying for the lesson, I received a bit more debriefing. As things stand right now, I'm looking to be done by end of year and that is a distinct possibility given the schedule we worked out.... Read more »
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We went up and down 321 and then headed back to the airport, for at least one landing. The cool thing is that we overflew the fall festival. It looked pretty interesting from the air. I also found out later that my flight was seen. I made a very good landing, and we put the plane to bed.... Read more »
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Solo Lesson – GPS
The lesson culminated with me putting on a show for my mother and wife. There was a bit of a crosswind so I came in in a crab. I rode it down almost to the runway and (for the first time ever) kicked out the crab so that I was lined up perfectly with the runway. I touched down on centerline slightly fast, but otherwise a really good landing.... Read more »
Continue ReadingTwelfth Lesson – ground reference solo
I elected to forego touch and goes in an attempt to lighten the load on the controllers and myself. They vectored me in, which was easy. I came straight in to my base leg and turned final. I set it down in the first thousand feet and made it to the first turn off. It was a really good landing.... Read more »
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Hello, my name is Matt Everett and as of 1/1/2010 I am a private pilot ASEL. I started this blog early in my training and used it primarily as a place to keep notes of my lessons. Since then it has grown to much more than that, but my main focus is still on aviation experiences.
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