Cockpit Chronicles: An eye-opening walkaround inspection

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Great post, Kent. Thanks.

I am a beginning student pilot with seven hours.

I took my first flight for a couple of months yesterday. We just went around the pattern a few times as I needed to get back to pick up my daughter from school.

It was more blustery than I am used to - and that, along with a couple of months on the ground, meant that I was a little tense.

In fact, the first time around the pattern, I was holding the stick so tight that my instructor actually had to pry my thumb of the transmit button after I gave my base call :-)

Looking forward to feeling more relaxed about it all...

Cheers,
Steven

2-20-2009 @ 9:38PM

Kent Wien said...

Congrats Steven.

It's not a lot of fun to fly in the wind. But it's something you've got to learn, of course. Nothing beats going up on a calm evening and just shooting some touch-and-gos.

Good luck!

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