Sunday Flyday - Instrument Currency Work

Yesterday was our flying club's Wash 'n' Wax and General Membership Meeting.

The planes were washed and waxed to a shine and then we held our meeting and took care of business. 

So this morning, I got up early and got to the Airport at 7:00 am to get some club paperwork handled. I then met James at 7:30 at the airport and we did a preflight of the Archer and then headed off to Flint so I could get some approaches in that would count with him along as a safety pilot.

It was a beautiful morning to fly, with a light crosswind of 5-8 knots from 300 degrees. 

 I put the foggles on after takeoff and got setup with Detroit Approach and the Great Lakes Approach.  I had got the ATIS at Flint, checked in and requested the ILS 27 as the first approach with a  full procedure.

I got it and did the hold and then did a good approach.

Then I went missed and got vectored for the RNAV 27, and was first lined up on it and then vectored off it for spacing which was fine.  I got vectored back at the final approach fix so things got a little fast but it was a decent approach.

I then did it again for a fantastic approach nice and smooth and on the glidepath perfectly which was nice. 

We then headed back to Pontiac and I did the RNAV 27L and I got vectors from Detroit Approach, and passed by the airport to get to the fix.

 

I then rode the approach like it was on rails, and it ended with a smooth full stop landing.

We then pulled off and switched seats and James did two touch and goes and a full stop in 0.4 to keep his VFR passenger currency active.

 

He did some good patterns on 27R, even as he had become a little rusty, but all was well and he got better with each one.

That's 1.7 for me with 1.5 simulated instrument time, 4 approaches, a hold, and 1 great landing. I still need a couple more approaches done  in the next 30 days to stay current, and I'm gonna go get them.