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...

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...

Fifth Lesson

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...

Fourth Lesson

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...