For lesson #4 I got another 18 minutes of instrument flight. It was a very nice day outside today, but it was also relatively warm outside, thus creating a lot of turbulence due to heat rising off these West Virginia hills. Its pretty easy to start feeling nauseous during instrument flight I guess. I mean, they always tell you to focus outside the car when you're getting carsick, right? The same principle applies. Only, I don't get to look outside for instrument flight.
So imagine riding in a car on a curvy windy road hitting all sorts of potholes and dips, and not being able to look outside. Intense. Considering all that, I still did not throw up, which means all that ginger and peppermint appears to be doing the trick.
Once again, I got to practice power-on and power-off stalls again. I'm still having trouble with power-on stalls. My mind does not want to pitch the plane forward. I guess the whole purpose of stall training is to train your mind to do the opposite of what it thinks is right. Everyone has something that they have trouble with at first. But I'm confident that continuos training and practice and I will be able execute a perfect stall recovery.
Here is a good video of a power-off stall:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzG1zSST0Q&feature=related
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