Twelfth Lesson – ground reference solo

I went in to the flight school today with the intention of flying a cross country to Upper Cumberland Regional Airport.  The weather, however, had a different plan.  Instead of flying to the cross country, since the weather was bad over the plateau, we decided that I...

Tenth Lesson – SOLO!!!

Over the past week I worked on the presolo test.  It was pretty straightforward although I wasn’t sure how much to say on some.  One question in particular was what to do if the engine ran rough in flight.  I wasn’t sure whether to exclude things that...

Ninth Lesson

It’s Monday again and as is now usual I enjoyed the day because I knew it would culminate in flying.  I have been instructed by my wife to wear my favorite polo to all lessons until I solo.  On the off chance that I’m surprised with soloing and then they...

Eighth Lesson

Thus far I have only done one lesson per week.  I felt it was the best balance of affordability and flying.  Not to mention, I was doing the ground school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Last lesson however, Josh asked if I was flying any more this...

Seventh Lesson

I thought that today’s lesson would be the first one canceled for weather.   I was wrong, but it was just good enough.  The plan for the lesson was to knock out some simulated instrument time and a little more practice on flight maneuvers.  We were headed out to...