Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:53 am
#1346619
Thanks, Sir Morley, I have already booked my next flight with an instructor to go practise power settings and attitudes and flying without an ASI.
After switching on the pitot heat the ASI appeared to be working correctly so I thought I had cured it and continued with the flight. It was only with larger changes of attitude that it became apparent that I still had a problem. Stalling was a planned part of my original flight. I felt that reminding myself how the aircraft felt and behaved approaching a stall might help me recognise and avoid one during the final low speed phases of the flight and landing. Remember I have very few hours, and little experience. I am aware that, despite actually holding a licence, I am still on the steep upward part of the learning curve. Almost every flight is a new learning experience for me.
It had been drummed into me during my training how easy it can be to lose speed during the landing phase.
I would like to thank those who have taken the opportunity to comment and offer advice. I think it is brilliant that there is the facility to post anonymously and learn from mistakes, rather than sit quietly in the club house and pretend it never happened.
After switching on the pitot heat the ASI appeared to be working correctly so I thought I had cured it and continued with the flight. It was only with larger changes of attitude that it became apparent that I still had a problem. Stalling was a planned part of my original flight. I felt that reminding myself how the aircraft felt and behaved approaching a stall might help me recognise and avoid one during the final low speed phases of the flight and landing. Remember I have very few hours, and little experience. I am aware that, despite actually holding a licence, I am still on the steep upward part of the learning curve. Almost every flight is a new learning experience for me.
It had been drummed into me during my training how easy it can be to lose speed during the landing phase.
I would like to thank those who have taken the opportunity to comment and offer advice. I think it is brilliant that there is the facility to post anonymously and learn from mistakes, rather than sit quietly in the club house and pretend it never happened.