Today was a full day of training, and we each got 2 flights in. \u00a0Although the weather was forecast to be better in the afternoon, it was actually worse with some really low clouds through the hills that we need to fly over between Vernonia and Scappoose. \u00a0Fortunately, Mike knows the terrain like the back of his hand, so we were able to scud run between the hills and the low-level clouds and get through. \u00a0We did have to try a couple of valleys before we found one where we could make it through though.<\/p>\n
The first flight in the morning was mostly takeoff and landing practice like yesterday with stop and go, three-point landings. \u00a0I still bounced a few, but I’m quickly getting the hang of landing the plane. \u00a0During the second flight, we moved on to wheel landings and power off approaches. \u00a0The wheel landings are a little more sensitive than the Decathlon I’ve been flying, but two out of the three I tried were pretty good. \u00a0Power off approaches were interesting as the descent angle is very steep at 85 MPH, full flaps, and no power. \u00a0We started our base turn abeam the touchdown point and that worked out well. \u00a0I was able to nail all of those without a problem.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, weather permitting, we’ll wrap up with short and soft field takeoffs and landings and maybe a bit more air work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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