Check out flight
28 Oct 04
Day off yesterday helped - I did better on the radios today. Had a few landing where seemed like I was flaring high and waiting for it to arrive - need to concentrate more on flying down into the flare and then "getting it on" at the grass as it stalls.
Preflt in a minor flood - a/c parked in only low spot in whole big area in front of hangar. Wet shoes and socks a minor annoyance, but stunk pretty bad at the end of the day. Took 2 DGAC inspectors into Obukain to inspect the new a/s there - had to wave off my first approach, too high in close b/c not give myself enough room on final. 1st landing was soft and smooth though, a little drift - need to get that centerline control better!
Good look at ANG - NIN pass on the way interior - and then down the Ninia valley into the Baliem (over to the right = Kwik valley - HCN accident) and out the So. Gap - beautiful weather on the southside today!! Smooth, cool and clear out there.
Over to Sumo and then on to WAM (s/s sure makes the fuel/load calcs easy at these strips - sure were limited out of Sumo b/c couldn't download enough fuel to bring the pastor out with us). Pizza for lunch in WAM - didn't heat real well on top of battery box - should have been on top of cyclinders or exhaust muff (pack it longways next time) - delicious anyway - thank Damaris, that was nice of her.
Trip back to SNT was quiet and went smoothly with no major foulups comm-wise. Back by 1245 and paperwork done and home by 1330! That's good timing. Now I've got all evening to get ready for more checkout flying tomorrow -- MUL again, then Taivye and Dabra with a/s eval (flying) at Manggabilis (wherever that is...) Plan fuel load desired to get a load into MUL and then all the training flying after that.
4.5 hrs - 4 ldgs.
Day off yesterday helped - I did better on the radios today. Had a few landing where seemed like I was flaring high and waiting for it to arrive - need to concentrate more on flying down into the flare and then "getting it on" at the grass as it stalls.
Preflt in a minor flood - a/c parked in only low spot in whole big area in front of hangar. Wet shoes and socks a minor annoyance, but stunk pretty bad at the end of the day. Took 2 DGAC inspectors into Obukain to inspect the new a/s there - had to wave off my first approach, too high in close b/c not give myself enough room on final. 1st landing was soft and smooth though, a little drift - need to get that centerline control better!
Good look at ANG - NIN pass on the way interior - and then down the Ninia valley into the Baliem (over to the right = Kwik valley - HCN accident) and out the So. Gap - beautiful weather on the southside today!! Smooth, cool and clear out there.
Over to Sumo and then on to WAM (s/s sure makes the fuel/load calcs easy at these strips - sure were limited out of Sumo b/c couldn't download enough fuel to bring the pastor out with us). Pizza for lunch in WAM - didn't heat real well on top of battery box - should have been on top of cyclinders or exhaust muff (pack it longways next time) - delicious anyway - thank Damaris, that was nice of her.
Trip back to SNT was quiet and went smoothly with no major foulups comm-wise. Back by 1245 and paperwork done and home by 1330! That's good timing. Now I've got all evening to get ready for more checkout flying tomorrow -- MUL again, then Taivye and Dabra with a/s eval (flying) at Manggabilis (wherever that is...) Plan fuel load desired to get a load into MUL and then all the training flying after that.
4.5 hrs - 4 ldgs.
posted by Kevin Lynne | 5:38 PM
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