Tue May 03, 2022 7:38 pm
#1910031
My last but most memorable lesson for a bit, whilst I jump through the hoops trying to get my medical sorted. My AME predicts using her experience my case will take approximately two months. As hugely frustrating as the time frame and uncertainty is, I'm told I ought to count my blessings compared to the time frames of some other cases.
This lesson started out as an experience flight where we would land at another airfield. But due to weather, it changed to a normal discovery flight. That's how I've had my two or three lessons so far- they're trial lessons until I can dedicate myself properly after my medical is sorted.
This flight was in the Piper: I don't normally fly something with four seats, so I was able to invite my friend to come along this time! He got some great shots I wouldn't normally be able to.
The lesson focussed on straight and level flight/attitudes. I struggled to distinguish which was which a couple of times between "straight" and "level", but eventually nailed it down by equating "straight" to the horizontal plane (roll and yaw), and "level" to vertical (nose attitude).
We also covered why you should use the window as a primary means, and the instruments secondarily. My instructor also broke down the reasons as to why steam instruments might have significant delays to their display (I don't know if electronic avionics have the same delay(?) )
Finally, I learned something quite revealing about the trim- Turns out it's not the delicate feather of a tool I thought it was. I had no idea you could move it so much so quickly, I thought it was just for gentle fine-tuning. I only learned this after my instructor became confused as to why I was being so reserved with it as we flew through turbulence.
This lesson started out as an experience flight where we would land at another airfield. But due to weather, it changed to a normal discovery flight. That's how I've had my two or three lessons so far- they're trial lessons until I can dedicate myself properly after my medical is sorted.
This flight was in the Piper: I don't normally fly something with four seats, so I was able to invite my friend to come along this time! He got some great shots I wouldn't normally be able to.
The lesson focussed on straight and level flight/attitudes. I struggled to distinguish which was which a couple of times between "straight" and "level", but eventually nailed it down by equating "straight" to the horizontal plane (roll and yaw), and "level" to vertical (nose attitude).
We also covered why you should use the window as a primary means, and the instruments secondarily. My instructor also broke down the reasons as to why steam instruments might have significant delays to their display (I don't know if electronic avionics have the same delay(?) )
Finally, I learned something quite revealing about the trim- Turns out it's not the delicate feather of a tool I thought it was. I had no idea you could move it so much so quickly, I thought it was just for gentle fine-tuning. I only learned this after my instructor became confused as to why I was being so reserved with it as we flew through turbulence.