Wolfy
Well-Known Member
Well, between my schedule an my instructors, I haven't been able to have a lesson in over two weeks. I was very excited about flying my second cross country today, but the my instructor canceled. I also had some family problems come to a peak last night, so I really wasn't in too great a mood. I decided rather than moping, I would go out and shoot some landings for an hour.
The wind was going pretty well, 15kts, but mostly down the runway. I flew from Sonoma Skypark (0Q9) to Petaluma (O69). My first landing at Petaluma was the best I've done a while (at least two weeks
). With the strong headwind and slow speed, the 150 came down like an elevator. I didn't feel the transition from air to pavement, which is slightly rewarding and unnerving at the same time. The rest ranged from very good to "learning experiences". I got in 5 then flew back.
Anybody who was flown into Skypark on a windy day knows you can't be focused on life's little problems on final. The trees will quickly punish you. The landings at Skypark weren't anything to boast about, except that the plane stayed on the runway and pointed forward. On my second landing, an hour showed up on the Hobbs, but it was already moving to the next tenth so I decided to take a third landing and make it 1.1 .
Flying makes the rest of life not so bad.
The wind was going pretty well, 15kts, but mostly down the runway. I flew from Sonoma Skypark (0Q9) to Petaluma (O69). My first landing at Petaluma was the best I've done a while (at least two weeks
). With the strong headwind and slow speed, the 150 came down like an elevator. I didn't feel the transition from air to pavement, which is slightly rewarding and unnerving at the same time. The rest ranged from very good to "learning experiences". I got in 5 then flew back. Anybody who was flown into Skypark on a windy day knows you can't be focused on life's little problems on final. The trees will quickly punish you. The landings at Skypark weren't anything to boast about, except that the plane stayed on the runway and pointed forward. On my second landing, an hour showed up on the Hobbs, but it was already moving to the next tenth so I decided to take a third landing and make it 1.1 .
Flying makes the rest of life not so bad.
