12th Lesson

I had my 12th lesson on Saturday. Just more take off and landing practice. We had some minor crosswind component to deal with. We did a few laps around the pattern at Forest Lake, then we headed down to Anoka again to do some more landing practice. Jim did the radio calls initially, but then I handled talking with the tower for the last few laps around the pattern. I'm getting more comfortable with it. Jim was going to take me up for a tour of the tower while we were down there, but apparently they have a restriction on visitors right now because of that ATC guy in New York who let his kid talk on the radio a few weeks ago. Jim was incensed. After the landing practice at Anoka, we headed back to Forest Lake for a couple more runs through the pattern. In total, I got 12 more landings in. Some were nice, some could have been better. Jim says we're going to look for an opportunity to do some direct crosswind landings next. I'm not sure when my next lesson is either. Jim isn't able to meet as usual today because he's having the roof replaced on his new house, and he's not sure about Friday. So, I may not get out again until another week from today.