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April 2008

And More Time :)

Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:10 — Alex Kwiatkowski

Today was a lot of fun. The flight in the morning was cut short by a suspicious noise in the plane, so we landed. We would be out of time if we got another plane ready to go, so we arranged to fly again at 5:00.

I had an afternoon so use up, so I drove to Smiths Falls airport (CYSH), and was SO lucky - I got to see an aerobatic biplane fly! He did a bunch of really awesome flying, including staying inverted 15 feet above the runway the entire length of the airport! I did take some pictures and movies, but they don't really look that good, so I won't post them.

Gotta Build Some Time

Sat, 04/05/2008 - 22:51 — Alex Kwiatkowski

At this point, I have to build up 4 hours of solo (shouldn't take too long). At the start of each flight, I have to fly a couple dual circuits, then I go up for an hour of solo. That's what I did today - except the dual ended up taking 0.9 hours. I guess that's okay, too, since I was able to fly 0.9 by myself as well.

My Second First Solo

Thu, 04/03/2008 - 08:32 — Alex Kwiatkowski

Finally! I went up solo today!

Unal and I spent an hour doing circuits, preparing me for the check flight at 9:30. After that flight, we went inside and met the check pilot, Derrick. Derrick and I flew a few circuits so I could show that I was ready to go solo. I was taken by suprise when he acted like a regular instructor, putting spins on what I had to do. For example, usually I only use the flaps if I am high, but Derrick got me to set up my approach to that I needed 20 or 40 degrees of flaps. Believe me, that takes good estimating skills!