Well, for what it's worth, here's some excitement - first circuits today. Take-off -> turn -> turn -> turn -> turn -> land/touch'n'go ...... repeat.
First landing approach, perfect rate of descent, right down the centre-line. Only one slight problem - crossed the runway threshold at 200ft above it. Whoopsie daisie ..... go around. Changing winds alter your glide angle. :-(
Second time, mild crosswind, some right rudder but didn't completely relieve that pressure on contact - skewed a fair bit to the right. Slight brown trousers ....
Third time turned for the long downwind leg, immediately heard a call from another plane doing the same - I looked but no plane behind me! Whoops, a plane ~ 100ft from our right front ~ 2 o'clock + slightly higher - had cut in on us. Naughty Person, Unsafe and Very Bad Etiquette. I saw him first and smartly swung the yoke left, while the instructor ( who was perchance looking the other way ) still beat me to the throttle! So cut the throttle and drop flaps. Made a call to see if they had sighted us - by then we were on their tail ( if only we'd had guns fitted .... ) - nope they hadn't a clue & some surprise expressed as to our presence. Hmmmm ...... hence the phrase Visual Flight Rules!!
Fourth time swung way late and had a long & wide circuit, but you have to keep tight and regular so that you can glide in if the engine fails.
Fifth & sixth uneventful bar a helicopter, well announced this time, sliding under us low and fast - as they do. Nice paint job.
Seventh/last time nearly perfect ( turbulence ) and I landed beautifully, on the money in all three planes, with the stall warning indicator beeping just ~ 2 feet before contact. Whew! My instructor looks across at me, smiling, and says "why didn't you do that the first six times?". I thought of kicking him, but I just said "I've been busy". We burst out laughing, but I still manage to brake before the verge and peel off to the taxi-way.
All in all, an outstanding hoot! Good spectator response, particularly for my 'mid-air' landing - don't you love an audience? But the lead instructor for the school gives us the nod for handling the cut-in well. He then went off to have a word with a completely different pilot altogether about exactly that matter. :-) :-)
Cheers, Mike.
Congratulations Mike!...You have mastered the most important concept of flying...You have to come in low...real low...That's one of the things you have to do...when you land.
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Congratulations Mike!...You have mastered the most important concept of flying...You have to come in low...real low...That's one of the things you have to do...when you land.
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I'm talking to myself again...I can't find the rest of you.
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Yep, the black hole finally landed.
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It landed on you and gave you a red eye.
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Error....
Kill all Human
Son of a BIT!
Posting as it's all quiet
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Posting as it's all quiet down here and I can get some shut eye in peace
Shih-Tzu are clever, cuddly, playful and rule!! Jack Russell are feisty!
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The depressive nature of depression is depressing me.
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So depressed that all the coour has drained from your avatar!
Shih-Tzu are clever, cuddly, playful and rule!! Jack Russell are feisty!
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Yep...The color has been drained from my avatar...I guess we don't gossip enough here...It's just not a sexy enough place to post.
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Yes. What happened there? Have you come down with something?
Physics is for gurls!