Flight School: Day 7
Today was pretty boring. I did not fly solo as expected because of wind conditions (who the fudge decided to close runway 24 with winds at 22 knots in that EXACT direction? Why must they make me land on 15 in perpendicular crosswind to THAT!?!? WTF MAN!!)
(Post Script: Runway numbers indicate magnetic heading, so runway 24 points towards 240 degrees, which is about west-southwest. If you take off or land going the other direction on the same runway, it's runway 6 for 60 degrees. Just add or subtract 18 to figure out a runway's other side)
The first flight was at 7 in the morning. I did 12 landings, one of which was absolutely gorgeous, like, love at first sight with a personality and gorgeous legs all wrapped in one. Okay, maybe not quite that pretty, but you get the picture, a nice float with a touchdown softer than any lotion can make a person's skin.
Then I sat around forever and watched the training videos, which are starting to get tedious because of the cross country training, and I have to learn about engine performance and minimum runway lengths during specific conditions. I also surfed around online and ate Firehouse for lunch again. I sure am lucky that virtually every food place ever is on the main street, otherwise I'd get bored with the food selections.
The next flight was the ill-fated 22 knots crosswind landings. I managed to make four landings before the instructor declared N452MK had taken enough beatings for one day after bouncing around on the final landing while I was correcting my position on the centerline. Wow that was scary. Then we went over the pre-solo written exam, which I did pretty well on. It's not graded, we just go over it until I get a 100. Hopefully, tomorrow morning I will be flying solo. I found out later the NOTAM was reversed and runway 24 opened up. Those mongoloids.
(Post Script: Runway numbers indicate magnetic heading, so runway 24 points towards 240 degrees, which is about west-southwest. If you take off or land going the other direction on the same runway, it's runway 6 for 60 degrees. Just add or subtract 18 to figure out a runway's other side)
The first flight was at 7 in the morning. I did 12 landings, one of which was absolutely gorgeous, like, love at first sight with a personality and gorgeous legs all wrapped in one. Okay, maybe not quite that pretty, but you get the picture, a nice float with a touchdown softer than any lotion can make a person's skin.
Then I sat around forever and watched the training videos, which are starting to get tedious because of the cross country training, and I have to learn about engine performance and minimum runway lengths during specific conditions. I also surfed around online and ate Firehouse for lunch again. I sure am lucky that virtually every food place ever is on the main street, otherwise I'd get bored with the food selections.
The next flight was the ill-fated 22 knots crosswind landings. I managed to make four landings before the instructor declared N452MK had taken enough beatings for one day after bouncing around on the final landing while I was correcting my position on the centerline. Wow that was scary. Then we went over the pre-solo written exam, which I did pretty well on. It's not graded, we just go over it until I get a 100. Hopefully, tomorrow morning I will be flying solo. I found out later the NOTAM was reversed and runway 24 opened up. Those mongoloids.
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