I felt that I learned a lot from this class. Getting a great knolege base is making things a lot easier and saving me a lot of time as I'm starting to work with my instructor. Not only is this saving me time it is saving me money. Going over all of the procedures has made the transition into the airplane a lot easier then I think would have been other wise. I am able to learn things quicker and also able to retain what I am taught.
I do feel that writing my thoughts down in the block was was limited in it's helpfulness, but I think it would have been better if we had gotten more feedback from other students. I guess that students that had got responses did find if more helpful.
I am also very glad we took a day and went out to the airport. This made learning preflight and the components very easy.
I give the class two thumbs up.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Blog Post #5
Today I will be blogging about my observation flight. I made this flight with Emilee Williams and her instructor David Axenty. The aircraft was N978wc.
This was the first time I had been up in the plane. I had not started any of my multi flights. We were there for the 7am block and lucked out with missing the weather. This flight got me really excited for getting my milti. While flying a multi his it's similarties with what I had done so far it's new parts were getting me very exicted. I was able to get more familiar with the plane before I actualy went up in the plane on a flight myself. I was able to not only familiarize my self with the systems of the plane, but also the procedures. I brought my check list with me and followed along with the two of them while they had their lesson.
This was the first flight the Emilee had been introduced to engine failures. I felt this was also a great chance for me to learn a lot. they were still coving some of the basics and also coving everything when we started working on engine failures. If I had jumped into a latter flight I think I may have had more difficulty following along with what they were doing and would not have been able to learn as much.
It was a very cold morning. I hope that I am able to do some flying in some warmer weather so I can see what the change in temperature can due to density altitude and what it can do to single engine operations.
Even though I was not the one who was flying I was also able to get a feeling for what the flight in the plane. this helped me out a lot on my first flight. I was able to get a better feeling for pattern work at the faster airspeeds. I think this helped me not make overly large patterns at the faster airspeeds of the multi engine planes.
I learned a lot while doing this observation flight and feel it was a great opportunity for me.
This was the first time I had been up in the plane. I had not started any of my multi flights. We were there for the 7am block and lucked out with missing the weather. This flight got me really excited for getting my milti. While flying a multi his it's similarties with what I had done so far it's new parts were getting me very exicted. I was able to get more familiar with the plane before I actualy went up in the plane on a flight myself. I was able to not only familiarize my self with the systems of the plane, but also the procedures. I brought my check list with me and followed along with the two of them while they had their lesson.
This was the first flight the Emilee had been introduced to engine failures. I felt this was also a great chance for me to learn a lot. they were still coving some of the basics and also coving everything when we started working on engine failures. If I had jumped into a latter flight I think I may have had more difficulty following along with what they were doing and would not have been able to learn as much.
It was a very cold morning. I hope that I am able to do some flying in some warmer weather so I can see what the change in temperature can due to density altitude and what it can do to single engine operations.
Even though I was not the one who was flying I was also able to get a feeling for what the flight in the plane. this helped me out a lot on my first flight. I was able to get a better feeling for pattern work at the faster airspeeds. I think this helped me not make overly large patterns at the faster airspeeds of the multi engine planes.
I learned a lot while doing this observation flight and feel it was a great opportunity for me.
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