Well, I haven't flown since Friday morning. On Friday I had my first experience with cross controlled stall's. Now I know why they say "don't do that". Holy crap! My instructor did it first: left bank, left rudder, then abruptly turning the yoke to the right, and all the way back. Next thing I knew we were inverted and pointed down towards the ground. We pulled some G's coming out of it, and we easily lost 1000 feet. Then it was my turn. I did the same steps in the maneuver as my instructor, but I didn't do it as abruptly. You dont go inverted unless you really yank on the control's, insted we just flew around, nose high, one wing low, in a constant buffet. I'll have to work on getting the courage to yank back on the control's.
I had Saturday off, but I have been fighting a cold for about 4 days, when it finally got the best of me on Sunday. So I cancelled my flight. That was the first flight I ever cancelled. I felt well enough to take my FOI written today, then had ground school. We went over endorsements... for 3 hours. No flight tomorrow (I could use the rest) and for ground school I have to prepare my first lesson plan. The subject is: "engine roughness at altitude". I will cover all the basics, icing, density altitude, and mechanical problems. Should be interesting to see how it turns out...
The Turk.