PaulS
Touchdown! Greaser!
for the first time in about 26 years this week. I took two lessons with a great CFI in a Cessna 172 to see if I still had the bug..... and yes, the bug, which has been simmering for the past 26 years is back on fire.
I flew Wednesday and Thursday, the CFI let me do most of the flight, we went to the practice area did some turns, a stall, pitch control and a few other things. Then we went to the pattern and did three landings, on which I progressively did more. I'm very rusty and were I on my own the plane would have been destroyed, but things did improve. The next day I went up again and things were better, I started settling down. We pretty much did the same thing as the day before, then did 5 more landings. The CFI said I did about 90% of the flying in the pattern, I just need work on the flare and staying aligned with the runway during the flare. I know what to do but getting to the point of getting it done on my own is going to take some more practice.
So my goal with these lessons was to see if getting my medical would be worth it. I'm going to need an SI. I contacted a local AME who is willing to work with me and help me through. I had also contacted Bruce a year or two ago, when I started then stopped this process. Bruce thought I had a pretty good chance of getting a medical. So it's off to the doctors to get the tests and docs necessary, hopefully they will be fine and hopefully I'll be cleared to fly solo. Meanwhile, I think I'll take some more lessons and try to get to the point where the CFI sits with his arms crossed while I land.
I flew Wednesday and Thursday, the CFI let me do most of the flight, we went to the practice area did some turns, a stall, pitch control and a few other things. Then we went to the pattern and did three landings, on which I progressively did more. I'm very rusty and were I on my own the plane would have been destroyed, but things did improve. The next day I went up again and things were better, I started settling down. We pretty much did the same thing as the day before, then did 5 more landings. The CFI said I did about 90% of the flying in the pattern, I just need work on the flare and staying aligned with the runway during the flare. I know what to do but getting to the point of getting it done on my own is going to take some more practice.
So my goal with these lessons was to see if getting my medical would be worth it. I'm going to need an SI. I contacted a local AME who is willing to work with me and help me through. I had also contacted Bruce a year or two ago, when I started then stopped this process. Bruce thought I had a pretty good chance of getting a medical. So it's off to the doctors to get the tests and docs necessary, hopefully they will be fine and hopefully I'll be cleared to fly solo. Meanwhile, I think I'll take some more lessons and try to get to the point where the CFI sits with his arms crossed while I land.
