Keygrip- I'm not saying that I am being taught any different, but it's just that I don't find the RT very proffesional here. (can I get a burger and fries from the Tikki Hut) I think that it is probably just something that you get used to.
Day 6
I spent a little time running through my check list last night to try and get a nice flow to my flights today. Took off at 1200 to carry out the Nav exercise. We departed to the south and soon found our set heading point, this was where the I95 and the Florida turnpike cross, quite easy to distinguish from the air. The first leg was 256 and I was not allowed to make any correction for wind. We continued on and we were bang on track and time. I don’t think the Instructor was overly pleased, as I think he was looking to try and get me off track so that I would have to correct. The next leg took us to the North without anything much to look at. We were looking for a small grass strip. There was a very nice lake within about 2 miles of the airfield, and west abeam. Try as I might I just couldn’t see it. Just to annoy me further, the instructor had mentioned about 2 minutes earlier that he had it in sight. I did eventually find it but I was fairly stressed at this point. The instructor said that this particular airfield had been used on about the last 7 CPL skill tests. Good news I hope I get it, because now I know I can find it. The last leg took us south east back towards Fort Pierce and to another grass strip. This one was much easier to find and I was bang on. We carried on to join a very busy circuit, to change aircraft again. During the de-brief my weakness for remembering before climb and descent checks turned up again. Thankfully the RT was better on this flight. The next take off took us out over the water and we did recovery from unusual attitudes under the hood. This went fairly well and we returned to Fort Pierce with me still under the hood. I flew the approach on instruments and he took control at about 50ft to land us neatly on the runway. Unfortunately I got another black mark for climb and descent checks. I stupidly said “well we were IMC” he replied “and you think the aircraft knows that” I just don’t seem to be able to get this one squared away. I think he is getting fairly fed up with this one now. Tomorrow is Emergency procedures, PFLs, Engine fires etc. The flight after that is another Nav with two unplanned diversions.