Showing posts with label Flight School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flight School. Show all posts
Friday, May 14, 2021

Flying IFR Lesson # 2 The First IFR Flying Lesson

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I went to DCT this morning and did a pre-flight on an old friend, N1689H, the same plane I did most of my Private Pilot training flying in w...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Flying: IFR Training Lesson 1

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Today marks the start of my training to get my instrument rating. I went to DCT on Saturday and signed up for the program and began studying...
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Monday, August 28, 2017

Flying Lesson #146 - Victory is Mine! At Long Last The Nightmare Ends.

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Well, it finally happened. Last night it was not looking very promising at all weather-wise - rain, thunderstorms and the like and the Outl...
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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Flying Lesson #145 - Alone Again

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Today after the range trip I took Leah home, had a quick lunch and hopped in the car for the airport. The weather was far too nice to not f...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

Flying Lesson #144 - Shaking Off The Rust Of Two Weeks Off

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Getting Jet Lag while flying is one thing, flying while jet lagged is another. This afternoon I went up with Ray. I did a short field takeo...
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Monday, July 31, 2017

Flying Lesson #143 - More Checkride Prep

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Yesterday was a beautiful day to go flying. Winds were calm, cloud layer only starting around 6,000 feet, both main runways open (18/36 is ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Flying Lesson # 142 - Solo On And Off The 9 Side

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A really nice day today for a lunchtime solo flight. The sky was clear, winds light but shifty and Pontiac was using Runways 9L and 9R. I t...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Flying Lesson #141 - Really Quick Up And Down

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I was scheduled to fly at 2 but my instructor called and asked me to come in at 12 as he had a cancellation. I said fine as I'm helpful...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Flying Lesson #140 - Some Quality Usable Alone Time

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This morning the weather was most promising. A scattered layer about 4,000 and winds around 9 from 180. Might as well go up for a flight....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Flying Lesson #139 - Slips and Sweet Landings

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The day did not look promising for a post-workday flight. Rain and low clouds loomed and it seemed like it would be a scratch. But the rai...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Flying Lesson #138 - Mock Checkride Is Mocking

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For this lesson I did the pre-flight and after the run-up did a short field takeoff and headed to the northwest finding Linden by pilotage o...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

Flying Lesson #137 - More Getting Lost and Found

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It was a nice sunny day today and I headed out of Pontiac with Tiffany. The airport was all sorts of busy today with lot of traffic. I let...
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Thursday, July 06, 2017

Flying Lesson #136 - Lost And Found, Engine Out and On, and Steep Turns A Go Go

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Beautiful day and calm variable winds at last. Today I went up with Marcus, headed to the practice area and did steep turns. Then we did m...
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Flying Lesson #135 - Naviguessing Perambulations

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Today the winds were 15-25 but mainly right down 270 degrees which made it not to bad, but there was some shifting to make life interesting ...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Flying Lesson #134 - To Troy Again

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Today winds were gusty out of the west and Pontiac's Runway 27L was closed again. I complete the preflight and then Ray comes over and ...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Flying Lesson #133 - You Want Me To Land Where?

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As I'm preflighting and waiting Tiffany for my next lesson, Marcus comes by and says be sure to go to Oakland Troy (KVLL) as the checkri...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Flying Lesson #132 - Flying With Tiffany

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So at lunch today i eaded to the airport to get a lesson in. Rain had just gne through, leaving a humid haze in the air and about 5 miles vi...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Flying Lesson #131 - Finally A Good Day

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So after getting stuff done at the office I head to the airport for some solo time. Just my luck though, the winds have picked up and both ...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Flying Lesson #130 - Frustrations With Flying

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Well the winds weren't quite so bad today, blowing about 10-15 knots out of 230-240 so a bit of crosswind correction was needed but no w...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Flying Lessons #128 Solo and #129 Gone With The Wind(shear)

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Yesterday I went to two different courts for different hearings and did lots of lawyer-stuff and then headed to the airport for a 4pm flight...