14th Lesson

Well, I finally got back out there for another lesson after being grounded for 10 days. I was sick with a cold, and then Jim was sick with a cold. Since I hadn't been out in a while, we went out and practiced some slow flight, and various stalls. We also did a high altitude fire emergency simulation, and then we came back for more landing practice. There was a strong wind, but it was mainly right down runway 13. The air was really warm, and what a difference it made! The plane climbed really slowly and used more runway for takeoff. My landings are getting better, and I had several nice smooth touchdowns just above stall speed. My next lesson is today, and it's supposed to be another windy day, but slightly cooler than yesterday. Sounds like we'll be doing more landing practice, possibly some crosswind landings, some flaps-up landings, and some power loss landings.