by Matt | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
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...
by Matt | Jul 13, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
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...
by Matt | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
My fifth lesson had me a little worried. This lesson is a transition point. From here on I am responsible for most of the radio communication. I knew this was coming and I realize it is silly but I was worried about it. I did my normal preflight. Everything was...
by Matt | Jun 24, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Today was my fourth lesson. I knew ahead of time what we would be covering today and I had done my best to study it. Unfortunately it is a little hard to study slow flight, stalls, and steep turns without flying the maneuvers. I did my best, which amounted to...