Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:12 pm
#1807876
I needed some hours but the weather has been bad. I decided to hire an instructor and plane from a large airport to go flying for an hour and get some marginal weather experience with 11kt crosswind and gusting.
takeoff was uneventful even with a crosswind and after flying round a few rain clouds and dodging a hail storm on the rejoin I ended up on finals with everything looking good.
airspeed might have been slightly high and maybe the approach angle was a bit low. I was crabbing nicely down to land. just as I flared either the excess energy or a gust of wind lifted the plane up.
I held off but the plane came down and bounced. I feel that the instructor saved the landing but he was very kind about it. I am not convinced that it would have ended well if it was just me.
I definitely feel like it was a real learning experience and my next two landings were right on the numbers with airspeed and angle.
everyday is a school day!
takeoff was uneventful even with a crosswind and after flying round a few rain clouds and dodging a hail storm on the rejoin I ended up on finals with everything looking good.
airspeed might have been slightly high and maybe the approach angle was a bit low. I was crabbing nicely down to land. just as I flared either the excess energy or a gust of wind lifted the plane up.
I held off but the plane came down and bounced. I feel that the instructor saved the landing but he was very kind about it. I am not convinced that it would have ended well if it was just me.
I definitely feel like it was a real learning experience and my next two landings were right on the numbers with airspeed and angle.
everyday is a school day!