For those following my build log I thought you might like to see my training
log as well :-)
> Learning how to fly!
>
> WEEK 1
>
> Monday: Rain.
>
> Tuesday: Rain.
>
> Wednesday: No rain; no visibility either.
>
> Thursday: Take instructor to lunch. Discover I don't know
> enough to take instructor to lunch.
>
> Friday: FLY! Do first stall and second stall during same
> maneuver, cover instructor with lunch.
>
>
> WEEK 2
>
> Monday: Learned not to scrape frost off plexiglass with
> ice-scraper. Used big scratches as marker to set pitch.
>
> Tuesday: Instructor wants me to stop calling throttle "THAT
> BIG KNOB THING." Also hates when I call instruments "GADGETS".
>
> Wednesday: Radios won't pick up radio stations, so I turn them
> off. Instructor seems to think I missed something.
>
> Thursday: Learned 10 degree bank is not a steep turn. Did
> stall again today. Lost 2000 feet. Instructor said that was
> some kind of record. -- My first compliment.
>
> Friday: Did steep turn. Instructor said I was not ready for
> inverted flight yet.
>
>
> WEEK 3
>
> Monday: Instructor called in sick. New instructor told me to
> stop calling her "BABE". Did steep turns. She said I had to
> have permission for inverted flight.
>
> Tuesday: Instructor back. He told me to stop calling him
> "BABE", too. He got mad when I pulled power back on takeoff
> because the engine was too loud.
>
> Wednesday: Instructor said after the first 20 hours, most
> students have established a learning curve. He said there was
> a slight bend in mine. A-ha--progress!
>
> Thursday: Did stalls. Clean recovery. Instructor said I did
> a good job. Also did turns around a point. Instructor warned
> me never to pick ex-fiance's house as point again.
>
> Friday: Did pattern work. Instructor said that if downwind,
> air base, and final approach formed a triangle, I would be
> perfect. More praise!
>
>
> WEEK 4
>
> Monday: First landing at a controlled field. Did fine until I
> told the captain in the 747 ahead of us on taxiway to move his
> bird. Instructor says we'll have ground school all this week
> on radio procedures.
>
> Tuesday: Asked instructor if everyone in his family had turned
> gray at such an early age. He smiled. We did takeoff stalls.
> He says I did just fine but to wait until we reach altitude
> next time.
> Three Niner Juliet will be out of the shop in three days when
> the new strut and tire arrive. Instructor says his back
> bothers him only a little.
>
> Wednesday: Flew through clouds. I thought those radio towers
> were a lot lower. I'm sure my instructor is going grey.
>
> Thursday: Left flaps down for entire flight. Instructor asked
> why. I told him I wanted the extra lift as a safety margin.
> More ground school.
>
> Friday: Asked instructor when I could solo. I had never seen
> anyone actually laugh until they cried before.
>
Tony
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Tony Krzyzewski tonyk@kaon.co.nz
Managing Director Ph 64 9 358 9124
Kaon Technologies Fx 64 9 358 9127
Auckland
New Zealand
Networkers visit www.kaon.co.nz
Aviators visit www.kaon.co.nz/europa/272index.html
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