A Birthday Above the Clouds

Thursday, October 16, 2014 — 10:00AM

Flight Lesson #6

Instructor: Tom Kramer

Happy birthday to me! What better way to spend a birthday than to be flying...

Ground school consisted of a video explaining stalls and stall recovery. Although you would think that pulling back on the yoke may be the answer to recover, it's quite the opposite. At the first indication of a stall, you must decrease the angle of attack by adding forward pressure. Too much forward pressure can cause a dive and hinder recovery. 

Lets see if we can find an opening in these clouds, we may not be able to fly.

When I woke up, it was raining at my house. It was a disappointment knowing that I may not fly on my birthday. Although it was grey skies and windy at the airport, we found a hole in the clouds to climb out of and check the weather above. It was gorgeous! Bright white puffy clouds with the bright sun reflecting off. 

Do you remember the steps to configure the plane for slow flight?

I asked Tom to show me as a review then I did it a few times. I need to work on being more assertive with the controls. My fear is being too aggressive and putting myself into a situation I can't get out of. It's something that I'm working on correcting, with the help of my instructors. After practicing configuring the plane into and out of slow flight, we worked on slow flight turns while maintaining altitude. I have a habit of 'following the needle' and watching the instruments too much. I'll be practicing more during my next lesson.

To the sky...

Sarah