Been about 2 months since I have been flying. Where does the time go?
Went up again this morning just for practice for the checkride. My checkride is scheduled for 7am next Sunday.
We went out west and practiced navigation. I did very well. Its been months and I remembered everything. Found Pahokee and overflew the field. Once the VOR flipped, we then set course for Palm Beach International. Found it no problem.
We then went back out west to practice a little Instrument work. For this I am wearing a "hood" that blocks everything except for the gauges. I close my eyes, and the instructor tosses the airplane around to mess your head up. The he says "plane is yours", I have to get it straight and level. Pointing down, less throttle, pointing up, full throttle.
He then hit me with an emergency landing practice. He pulls the throttle back, I go through the checklist for an emergency landing. All went well. Picked a good spot and was able to "land" there. We only go down to 500ft for this. We don't actually land.
We climbed back up, went out to the west. Then practiced a diversion to Lantana. Was able to figure out everything while flying the plane. Made the field within a minute of what I figured out on paper.
For the landing we were practicing short field. He said to put it down on the numbers. Watch the video below. Right on the #9, couldn't have been any better.
Take off. Noting special. CLICK FOR VIDEO
Getting tossed around for the instrument practice. CLICK FOR VIDEO
On the numbers. CLICK FOR VIDEO
