Snaggletooth
Line Up and Wait
Today was my Birthday so we made plans for me to go flying today.
Woke up this AM and jumped up of bed, then headed for the computer to check the NOAA Aviation weather forecast..... 50% chance of rain and thunderstorms.
cryinPulled up the radar and we had a line of rain brewing right over us. cryin:X2). So I then knew chances of getting to fly was very slim. Later in the Morning my Mom pulled up the radar and the line of rain was moving off to the south and things were looking up!
We got to the airport a bit early so we could watch the planes take off and land. My CFI got there and we headed out to preflight the plane.
Got that done, hopped in, taxied down to Three Five at Charlie and started out Run up check list then over the radio we heard "cessna XXX midfield downwind for One Seven" My CFI and my self looked at each other knowing that the active runway was Three Five not One Seven.
Never the less we continued on with the Run Up then the Cessna said "Cessna XXX downwind for runway Three Five full stop" Once the Cessna cleared Three Five at Echo we Taxied into position and took off remaining in the pattern for one touch and Go then departed the pattern to the North East and climbed up to 2,000ft for some Power on Stalls. Which was cool as the ceiling was 2,000ft. so we were having to duck in and out of a hole in the clouds. After a few Power on stalls my CFI told me to descend to 1,500ft. Once I leveled out at 1,500ft my CFI pulled back the throttle and said "ok, your engine died what do you do?" So I added full up elevator trim to get the 60kt glide speed for the 152. then my CFI asked me what I do next in which I said "look for a place to land" and my CFI called out a Short Soft grass landing strip just to our north. So we headed to it, landed, and took off again. That was my first Soft short Field landing and take off. We then headed back to airport for some Touch and Goes. After I called out that we were 3 miles north and were entering downwind for Three Five my CFI started talking about the darkening clouds to the south. After 2 touch and goes Went we turned to crosswind to clear downwind we saw rain right were we needed to be for downwind. So we hugged the runway closer than normal to avoid the rain and did two more landings then taxied back to the hangar as we could see lightning back to our south east. I'm just glad I got my lesson in for my B-day.
Next lesson is this Wednesday and we will be doing steep turns and touch and goes. 10.4 hours now.
Woke up this AM and jumped up of bed, then headed for the computer to check the NOAA Aviation weather forecast..... 50% chance of rain and thunderstorms.
cryinPulled up the radar and we had a line of rain brewing right over us. cryin:X2). So I then knew chances of getting to fly was very slim. Later in the Morning my Mom pulled up the radar and the line of rain was moving off to the south and things were looking up! We got to the airport a bit early so we could watch the planes take off and land. My CFI got there and we headed out to preflight the plane.
Got that done, hopped in, taxied down to Three Five at Charlie and started out Run up check list then over the radio we heard "cessna XXX midfield downwind for One Seven" My CFI and my self looked at each other knowing that the active runway was Three Five not One Seven.
Never the less we continued on with the Run Up then the Cessna said "Cessna XXX downwind for runway Three Five full stop" Once the Cessna cleared Three Five at Echo we Taxied into position and took off remaining in the pattern for one touch and Go then departed the pattern to the North East and climbed up to 2,000ft for some Power on Stalls. Which was cool as the ceiling was 2,000ft. so we were having to duck in and out of a hole in the clouds. After a few Power on stalls my CFI told me to descend to 1,500ft. Once I leveled out at 1,500ft my CFI pulled back the throttle and said "ok, your engine died what do you do?" So I added full up elevator trim to get the 60kt glide speed for the 152. then my CFI asked me what I do next in which I said "look for a place to land" and my CFI called out a Short Soft grass landing strip just to our north. So we headed to it, landed, and took off again. That was my first Soft short Field landing and take off. We then headed back to airport for some Touch and Goes. After I called out that we were 3 miles north and were entering downwind for Three Five my CFI started talking about the darkening clouds to the south. After 2 touch and goes Went we turned to crosswind to clear downwind we saw rain right were we needed to be for downwind. So we hugged the runway closer than normal to avoid the rain and did two more landings then taxied back to the hangar as we could see lightning back to our south east. I'm just glad I got my lesson in for my B-day.
Next lesson is this Wednesday and we will be doing steep turns and touch and goes. 10.4 hours now.
to simulate an emergency. They always pull the throttle. Well, in my last Flight Review, he simply asked me to show him what to do in the case of a engine failure without actually pulling anything.
