rottydaddy
En-Route
More dual yesterday morning... round and round, crashes and dashes until my stomach started growling for lunch and the tank was down to about 3 gallons.
The radio was more readable after being serviced, but unfortunately it now picked up a lot of FM stuff out of Tijuana... sigh.
But it was a lot of fun. Best part was when the very hands-off and quiet Bob yanked the power on me, and I had an excuse to drop off downwind into a big forward slip on final to make a good 3-pointer, all without touching the throttle. Feeling a little mastery now, although I am still not entirely sure how to turn this airplane in the pattern or in cruise... the more subtle rudder movements will take a while to polish up.
Bob was less reserved with the praise than usual, and after we tied down the Champ he signed me off.
Ate some lunch, then saddled up again for a solo hop. The wind was worrying me, so I decided to stay in the pattern and not overdo it. I did four good landings, two of each, and got it back to the ramp in one piece with the wind steady at about 15 knots.
Here's a couple of pictures... midfield downwind for Runway 26L at Brown, and the "office" of the Champ.
The radio was more readable after being serviced, but unfortunately it now picked up a lot of FM stuff out of Tijuana... sigh.
But it was a lot of fun. Best part was when the very hands-off and quiet Bob yanked the power on me, and I had an excuse to drop off downwind into a big forward slip on final to make a good 3-pointer, all without touching the throttle. Feeling a little mastery now, although I am still not entirely sure how to turn this airplane in the pattern or in cruise... the more subtle rudder movements will take a while to polish up.
Bob was less reserved with the praise than usual, and after we tied down the Champ he signed me off.
Ate some lunch, then saddled up again for a solo hop. The wind was worrying me, so I decided to stay in the pattern and not overdo it. I did four good landings, two of each, and got it back to the ramp in one piece with the wind steady at about 15 knots.
Here's a couple of pictures... midfield downwind for Runway 26L at Brown, and the "office" of the Champ.