Friday, September 17, 2010

To Buckhannon and Back

Today I flew the Cessna Skyhawk SP again. We had another maintenance student as a passenger this time, and she wanted to see her house, which was in Buckhannon. Normally, from Clarksburg, Buckhannon is a 30 minute drive. It took us 7 minutes to get there. I did some climbs, descents, climbing turns, etc. I think I'm finally getting the hang of controlling the rudder- I'm actually using rudder pressure to maintain my heading instead of banking all the time. I also landed the plane this time. I did much better than the last time I tried to land- because I was using the rudders. On my previous landing at Yeager, if I started to drift left, I would bank right to compensate. Obviously the correct thing to do is to give right rudder. I was able to stay on the centerline, in spite of the mild crosswind. I landed the plane without bouncing this time. It was a nice smooth landing. I get to fly again tomorrow at noon.
P.S. The ginger and peppermint candies worked great for my motion sickness.

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