markab
Pre-Flight
I've been lurking on these boards for a while but have been nervous or shy to really contribute. I appreciate the stories and experiences you all share, as well as all the constructive feedback of this community. In the end we all share a common bond, the love of flight.
This flight has taken place after 21 hours of instruction. I've been on an aggressive schedule (started taking lessons about 1 month ago). I try to get up 3-5 times per week and continue to build on the last flights lessons.
The videos
Part 1:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh2aydny2b2v3to/gopr0228.mp4?dl=0
Part 2:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3o4suc036nbkux2/GP010228.MP4?dl=0
Part 3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/phtmyuaaku4j4pr/GP020228.MP4?dl=0
My first attempted landing, I wasn't happy with my approach. I was coming in high, and had a little more airspeed than I wanted and when i did my transition I ballooned slightly and at that moment i decided to just do a go-around. KPIE runway 36R is a very long runway servicing UPS Cargo jets, 737's and a C130 coast guard plane.
The next subsequent landings felt a lot better. One thing, among many items, i need to work on is I seem to consistantly come into final too high. I'm definately needing to work on starting my intiial decent sooner in my pattern. My transition is feeling a lot better as I've learned to not fixate so close to the nose, looking a little further down the runway has given me a much better sense of altitude.
KPIE is a busy delta-class airport, https://skyvector.com/airport/PIE/St-Pete-Clearwater-International-Airport / https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1505/pdf/00625AD.PDF (My takeoffs where from Golf at runway 36R with right-hand traffic over the Tampa Bay)
My instructor and my wife where both watching and overall they felt like things went well.
I'll be transitioning to prepare for cross-country work over the next week. My instructor suggested i take one afternoon and enjoy flying around the islands on the gulf coastline near Tampa and enjoy the accomplishment of solo the endorsement
Through the process a few observations about myself: multiple times along the way i really felt like this might not be for me. I struggled with my initial landings, heavily. Transitions where always off, I would "drop in" land, baloon, float because my airspeed was too high, not manage the crosswind transition properly. I seemed to make the same mistakes over and over.
I'm not sure at what point it "clicked" with the landings. Reading chapter 8 of the FAA book Airplane Flying Handbook probably did more for me than anything, in that it described in great detail the different scenerios of a botched landing and how to prevent it from happening.
Thanks for reading this and safe flying!
This flight has taken place after 21 hours of instruction. I've been on an aggressive schedule (started taking lessons about 1 month ago). I try to get up 3-5 times per week and continue to build on the last flights lessons.
The videos
Part 1:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh2aydny2b2v3to/gopr0228.mp4?dl=0
Part 2:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3o4suc036nbkux2/GP010228.MP4?dl=0
Part 3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/phtmyuaaku4j4pr/GP020228.MP4?dl=0
My first attempted landing, I wasn't happy with my approach. I was coming in high, and had a little more airspeed than I wanted and when i did my transition I ballooned slightly and at that moment i decided to just do a go-around. KPIE runway 36R is a very long runway servicing UPS Cargo jets, 737's and a C130 coast guard plane.
The next subsequent landings felt a lot better. One thing, among many items, i need to work on is I seem to consistantly come into final too high. I'm definately needing to work on starting my intiial decent sooner in my pattern. My transition is feeling a lot better as I've learned to not fixate so close to the nose, looking a little further down the runway has given me a much better sense of altitude.
KPIE is a busy delta-class airport, https://skyvector.com/airport/PIE/St-Pete-Clearwater-International-Airport / https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1505/pdf/00625AD.PDF (My takeoffs where from Golf at runway 36R with right-hand traffic over the Tampa Bay)
My instructor and my wife where both watching and overall they felt like things went well.
I'll be transitioning to prepare for cross-country work over the next week. My instructor suggested i take one afternoon and enjoy flying around the islands on the gulf coastline near Tampa and enjoy the accomplishment of solo the endorsement
Through the process a few observations about myself: multiple times along the way i really felt like this might not be for me. I struggled with my initial landings, heavily. Transitions where always off, I would "drop in" land, baloon, float because my airspeed was too high, not manage the crosswind transition properly. I seemed to make the same mistakes over and over.
I'm not sure at what point it "clicked" with the landings. Reading chapter 8 of the FAA book Airplane Flying Handbook probably did more for me than anything, in that it described in great detail the different scenerios of a botched landing and how to prevent it from happening.
Thanks for reading this and safe flying!
