I.R.PIRATE
12th Jun 2005, 17:13
Student Diary
>>
>> Week 1
>>
>> Monday: Rain
>>
>> Tuesday: Rain
>>
>> Wednesday: No rain; no visibility either.
>>
>> Thursday: Take instructor to lunch. Discover I don't
>> know enough to take instructor to lunch.
>>
>> Friday: Fly! Do first stall and second stall during
>> same manoeuvre. Cover instructor with lunch.
>>
>> Week 2
>>
>> Monday: Learned not to scrape frost off Plexiglas with
>> ice-scraper. Used big scratch as marker to set
>> pitch-attitude.
>>
>> Tuesday: Instructor wants me to stop calling throttle
>> "THAT BIG KNOB THING."
>> Also hates when I call instruments "GADGETS"
>>
>> Wednesday: Radios won't pick up radio stations, so I
>> turned them off.
>> Instructor seems to think I missed something.
>>
>> Thursday: Learned 10 degree bank is not a steep turn.
>> Did stall again today. Lost 2000 feet. Instructor said
>> that was some kind of record -- my first compliment.
>>
>> Friday: Did steep turn. Instructor said I was not
>> ready for inverted flight yet.
>>
>> Week 3
>>
>> Monday: Instructor called in sick. New instructor told
>> me to stop calling her "BABE". Did steep turns. She
>> said I had to have permission for inverted flight.
>>
>> Tuesday: Instructor back. He told me to stop calling
>> him "BABE", too. He got mad when I pulled power back
>> on takeoff because the engine was to loud.
>>
>> Wednesday: Instructor said after the first 20 hours,
>> most students have established a learning curve. He
>> said there is a slight bend in mine. Aha - progress!
>>
>> Thursday: Did stalls. Clean recovery. Instructor said
>> I did good job. Also did turns around a point.
>> Instructor warned me never to pick ex-fiancee's house
>> as point again.
>>
>> Friday: Did pattern work. Instructor said that if
>> downwind, base and final formed a triangle, I would be
>> perfect. More praise!
>>
>> Week 4
>>
>> Monday: First landing at a controlled field. Did fine
>> until I told the captain in the 747 ahead of us on the
>> taxiway to move his bird.
>> Instructor says we'll have ground school all this week
>> on radio procedures.
>>
>> Tuesday: Asked instructor if everyone in his family
>> had turned grey at such an early age. He smiled. We
>> did takeoff stalls. He says I did just fine but to
>> wait until we reached altitude next time. "Three Niner
>> Juliet" will be out of the shop in three days when the
>> new strut and tyre arrive.
>> Instructor says his back bothers him only a little.
>>
>> Wednesday: Flew through clouds. I thought those radio
>> towers were a lot lower. I'm sure my instructor is
>> going grey.
>>
>> Thursday: Left flaps down for entire flight.
>> Instructor asked why. I told him I wanted the extra
>> lift as a safety margin. More ground school.
>>
>> Friday: Asked instructor when I could solo. I have
>> never seen anyone actually laugh until they cried
>> before.
>>
>> Week 1
>>
>> Monday: Rain
>>
>> Tuesday: Rain
>>
>> Wednesday: No rain; no visibility either.
>>
>> Thursday: Take instructor to lunch. Discover I don't
>> know enough to take instructor to lunch.
>>
>> Friday: Fly! Do first stall and second stall during
>> same manoeuvre. Cover instructor with lunch.
>>
>> Week 2
>>
>> Monday: Learned not to scrape frost off Plexiglas with
>> ice-scraper. Used big scratch as marker to set
>> pitch-attitude.
>>
>> Tuesday: Instructor wants me to stop calling throttle
>> "THAT BIG KNOB THING."
>> Also hates when I call instruments "GADGETS"
>>
>> Wednesday: Radios won't pick up radio stations, so I
>> turned them off.
>> Instructor seems to think I missed something.
>>
>> Thursday: Learned 10 degree bank is not a steep turn.
>> Did stall again today. Lost 2000 feet. Instructor said
>> that was some kind of record -- my first compliment.
>>
>> Friday: Did steep turn. Instructor said I was not
>> ready for inverted flight yet.
>>
>> Week 3
>>
>> Monday: Instructor called in sick. New instructor told
>> me to stop calling her "BABE". Did steep turns. She
>> said I had to have permission for inverted flight.
>>
>> Tuesday: Instructor back. He told me to stop calling
>> him "BABE", too. He got mad when I pulled power back
>> on takeoff because the engine was to loud.
>>
>> Wednesday: Instructor said after the first 20 hours,
>> most students have established a learning curve. He
>> said there is a slight bend in mine. Aha - progress!
>>
>> Thursday: Did stalls. Clean recovery. Instructor said
>> I did good job. Also did turns around a point.
>> Instructor warned me never to pick ex-fiancee's house
>> as point again.
>>
>> Friday: Did pattern work. Instructor said that if
>> downwind, base and final formed a triangle, I would be
>> perfect. More praise!
>>
>> Week 4
>>
>> Monday: First landing at a controlled field. Did fine
>> until I told the captain in the 747 ahead of us on the
>> taxiway to move his bird.
>> Instructor says we'll have ground school all this week
>> on radio procedures.
>>
>> Tuesday: Asked instructor if everyone in his family
>> had turned grey at such an early age. He smiled. We
>> did takeoff stalls. He says I did just fine but to
>> wait until we reached altitude next time. "Three Niner
>> Juliet" will be out of the shop in three days when the
>> new strut and tyre arrive.
>> Instructor says his back bothers him only a little.
>>
>> Wednesday: Flew through clouds. I thought those radio
>> towers were a lot lower. I'm sure my instructor is
>> going grey.
>>
>> Thursday: Left flaps down for entire flight.
>> Instructor asked why. I told him I wanted the extra
>> lift as a safety margin. More ground school.
>>
>> Friday: Asked instructor when I could solo. I have
>> never seen anyone actually laugh until they cried
>> before.