Tonight we talked about engines. From my years of tinkering with cars and more recently my motorcycle, I know enough to be dangerous. A small airplane...
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Another great weather day. I could get used to this. The wind was mostly calm, visibility was well over 10 miles, and barely a cloud in...
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Today’s flight was from 12:30 to 2:30 instead of my normal morning flight due to no planes being available. It was a nice day, though. Highs...
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Tonight we finished talking about aerodynamics and started on basic flight instruments, how they function, how to read them, and what to expect when they fail....
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Wow. The weather was just perfect for both flying and motorcycling. I rode to the airport, but I still didn’t have enough time to avoid the...
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It was a much warmer day than Thursday; highs in the mid to upper 80s. The weather was questionable. Broken clouds at 1800 feet and some...
Continue reading...First Unassisted Landing!
Today was a much better day. I was a little tired from being at class late last night and having to get up early to go...
Continue reading...Ground school: Class 2
Tonights class was more aerodynamics. There was a lot of review for the first hour since there were a couple new people. We talked about coordinated...
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Today started out fine, but ended in some frustration. I bought a new motorcycle tank/tail bag to double as a flight bag for now so that...
Continue reading...Ground school: Class 1
Ground school started today at the club. There were about 14 students of varying ages, but all but one was male. Most were at least my...
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