Monday, August 31, 2009

Lesson 28 & 29: Fine Tuning

I've flown twice since the last post. There is not much to tell, except that I'm trying to fine tune the maneuvers to the level of being able to pass them during the checkride. I'm also slogging throught the test prep software.

Soft field landings, short field landings, power off stalls, power on stalls, slow flight, turns about a point, and s-turns.

20/20 hindsight note: If I had it to do all over again, I would have waited and saved up my resources (money, vacation time) and tried to do this all at once .. or at least in a couple of continuous hard charges. I would not recommend spreading out flight training as long as I have. The first 30 mins of flight are "de-rusting, so I end up "wasting" that time and it adds up.

It is conceivable that I could take the written test next week. However, I still need 3 to 5 more fine tuning flights before I'll be ready for the checkride. Additionally I'll need 1 or 2 ground schools with Chris to prep for the oral. They don't just hand out PPLs.

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