Tag Archives: Flight Maneuvers



Flight School – Lesson #22 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – SWF, Solo & Porpoising

Hours – 27.6 I was sick last weekend, so I had to cancel my lesson. Yigal was sick today, so he only stayed in the airplane for a short while. Interesting lesson, I should say. The plan was to get … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #18 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – Cross Country

Hours – 22 This Sunday, I decided that it would be nice to take a cruise to Waterbury/Oxford Airport (OXC) in Connecticut. We would depart from MGJ, fly to the Kingston VOR station in Poughkeepsie and from there, head straight … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #17 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – VOR Navigation

Hours – 20.4 This was a fairly challenging but rewarding lesson. That seems to be the default description of flight school…challenging but rewarding. I remember the first time I did VOR navigation with Yigal. It made so much sense on … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #15 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – Sky Acres & Navigation

Hours – 18.3 Can you believe it? I was taunted the other day. Yes, that’s right…taunted. By who? None other than Bob C. You can see his taunt here. Now, you can say what you want about greasing things all … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #14 – 10:30AM-12:30PM – Cross Wind Landings & Stalls

First thing – 17.1 hours. Yee Haw. It’s just starting to get good. I was soooo mentally prepared all this week for my first solo. Of course a huge thunderstorm had to roll through on Friday. Well, that lesson was … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #13 – 10AM-NOON – Go Arounds and Forward Slip

I told you I would let you know how I did on the pre-solo written test. I did well. My instructor and I discussed the test and I got everything right…maybe too right. I think they were looking for general … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #12 – 8AM-10AM – Engine Out Procedures and Presolo Written Exam

I know this post is a little late. Things have been busy lately, so my apologies. This lesson was on Friday, Nov.17. We decided to check my mad skillz on landings again. We are prepping for my solo. You know … Continue reading

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Flight School – Lesson #11 – 8AM-10AM – Spin Awareness & Recovery

This lesson was a really cool one. We started off by making the decision whether or not we would even go up. The winds were 10KTS and gusting at 20KTS. Yigal asked if I wanted to do it, of course … Continue reading

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Stick and Rudder – An Explanation of the Art of Flying

I finally received the book, “Stick and Rudder.” This book was recommended to me from a nice guy I met a few weeks ago, named Al. He is a Private Pilot and we had a great conversation for about an … Continue reading

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Video Flight Training Tips

The other day, Bob sent me this great online resource for flight students. It is from the King Schools and is a video archive of tons of tips. The ones that interested me the most at this point in my … Continue reading

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