von and i made my first cross country flight this morning - what a cool experience! having flown around alot at gallatin (m33) and, back in the day, at cornelia fort (m88), it was nice to see a new strip of concrete for a change - not to mention - actually navigating from point A […]
Read full post...i flew out to portland (1M5) and made a few landings. pilotage is pretty interesting. i tend to enjoy trying to spot things from the air, so i get some serious practice that i know i’ll need for the cross country flights coming up…
highlights were getting to visit with dad up at 1M5 for a […]
got to fly around this morning, adding to my PIC time, at a relatively busy gallatin airport (m33). normally, there isn’t a lot of traffic in the pattern, but today there was quite a bit… which led to a great series of learning experiences.
von and i flew around the pattern 3 times before […]
well tonight was the night - i just completed my first solo flight!
von (my instructor - if you’re new to the site) and i have been flying quite a bit this week… working on the traffic pattern, landings, slow flight, stalls and emergency procedures. tonight started out just like the others had, with the exception […]
this evening, we took off to the east, out of gallatin, and climbed to 3,000ft. one we got there, we worked on slow flight - and getting a good feel for the plane and slow speeds. we ended up flying almost directly above the nuclear plant out that way… it’s not in use and it’s […]
Read full post...couldn’t resist the kip quote, but seriously, i’m progressing in my dream of flying. so far, i’ve gone over the pre-flight stuff, learning how to taxi, taking off, shallow turns, 360 degree turns around a point and the landing procedure.
i’m looking forward to stalls cause that’s the only thing really causing any apprehension. i […]
