Nov 6th 2007 Just an update…
Not much to update on. My original 2 students are 2 lessons away from soloing. Thats going to be a crazy experience telling someone they are ready to go fly by themselves.
I have also had one flight review since the last update. However the guy had not flown since 2003, and his skills had definitley faded. We went up and pretty much did straight and level flight just to get back into flying. I was a little worried when we where taxiing and he said “so where are the brakes?” I questioned his aeronautical decision making skills too when he wanted to go flying in winds gusting up to 25 knots. For those who dont know, if its over 10 knots, and if its gusting higher, it get a bit bumpy. Even though the winds where high, they where going straight down the runway, instead of a crosswind, so I agreed to take him up.
I also got a brand new student on Sunday. He isnt a marine, just a regular guy who wants to fly. I took him up for about an hour. We flew to a local airport, and just did straight and level flight, and climbs and descents. This was the first time I had to actually use a steep turn for whats its meant to teach you. While coming into Manassas, approach told us there was another aircraft at our 12 o’clock, same altitude, heading towards us. I quickly found him, and he was definitely heading towards us, so I quickly grabbed the controls and made a steep right turn. The other plane didnt even change direction, so Im guessing he was pretty clueless.
Ill update again once my guys solo.
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