Today, I was able to fly in both the morning and afternoon.
Our morning flight was delayed by an hour due to fog/mist however it did clear and thus we were able to fly. We did 7 circuits however they were all low passes. Circuits were suprsingly less demanding that I had expected.
In the afternoon flight, I did my first landing! We did 3 touch n go before we exited the circuit to go over what to do in an engine failure. We then came back to do a shortfield landing.
My first (ever) touch n go was slightly rough but it got better on the two touch n go afterward. For the shortfield landing, I was coming in a little too low, increased the throttle too much and lets just say that it was an incredibly hard landing however as saying goes, "if its a landing that you can walk away, its a good landing"...
With today completed, this means that I can now do everything from startup to shutdown, as long as we ignore navigation and emergencies.
Mr.Meerkat got a reaction from soldier_ph for a blog entry, Doing circuits and landings...
