Yesterday evening I went flying with Steve and our big focus was on landing. It’s been said “Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man…Landing is the first!” This quote hits home pretty hard as landing have always been my biggest weakness. Now I’ve done a few hundred landings, and I’m yet to break an airplane, but none the less, I don’t always land as great as I know I can.
I ended up doing around ten landings last night from normal landings, to landings without flaps. Almost all my landings were pretty spot on, though without Steve there on some, I’m not sure they would have gone as smooth.
Most landings of the evening included the use of a side slip because of the wind. I did almost all the different landings I’ve learned: normal, short field, soft field, and no-flap landings. No-flap landings come into play when the electrical system goes out or the flap controls stop working.
Overall I was pleased with my performance and glad to see that I’m getting better as the days go on.
Yay! I’m happy to hear it’s going well 🙂
We were kayaking the Willamette down by Newberg the other weekend, and some dude was flying down the river, landing for brief moments on various beaches and then taking off again as he went to the next. It was pretty friggen cool!
Well I’ll be sure to get my rating for that soon so that we can go make it happen Jesse! 😉
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