Georgia I started taking lessons about 1 year ago, I can remember what You are feeling, Never ever forget these feelings they are wonderful. keep it up when ever You can Larry Mayes N93973 -----Original Message----- From: Georgia Trehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: [COUPERS] WARNING:OFF TOPIC-Lesson #2- Part II
> > > > >Seized with an acute attack of longing for the sky, last Thursday I threw >finacial caution to the wind and sent what was probably a rather desperate >sounding e-mail message to my CFI, Andres. I asked him to call me the >very next time he had an opening and the weather was good. I gave him >phone numbers for my house, my work number, and my grad student office. I >wanted to make sure he could find me. > >Saturday morning he called about 9AM. First, he started apologizing for >waking me up. Usually I'm awake way before 9 on Saturday, but I didn't >sleep too well Friday night. Anyway, he asked if I wanted to fly. :-)) >He He He He He > >That's not the way I act with him. I answered with a (hopefully) >dignified, "I want to go as often as I can possibly get the chance. Thank >you for calling. What time should I be at the airport?" "1PM". > >Forget getting anything done Saturday morning. I was pretty keyed up but >not to the extreme of the first time. That keyed up feeling is not >exactly fear, although there is a component of fear in it as well as feelings >of anticipation and excitement. I have never competed in athletic competitions >but I imagine the sensations are similar. > >I did force myself to eat some oatmeal although I would have preferred not >to. Food was the last thing that interested me. > >What a superb day, weather wise. It was even clearer than for the first >lesson. With the increasing spring growth, more greening and more >flowering was apparent (azaleas, several species of magnolias, some of >the early blooming fruit trees). > >I am cognizant of the importance of the preflight inspection and I pay >close attention to what Andres is telling me. I promise you >all that I will not neglect or rush through this when I'm on >my own. Nonetheless, the desire to get going was overwhelming. > >We took a different Cessna 172 this time. You may say that I'm too green >to be able to detect differences in the 2 Cessna 172s, but I swear that I >did. > >I can see that it will take me some time to get everything down, but I >know I will eventually. When moving around on the ground, the idea of >driving with my feet only is not an easy one for me. It seems like that >yoke ought to be able to do something even though I logically know it >can't. I guess this is different with the coupe, eh, with no rudder >pedals? I didn't do a very good job of keeping lined up with the yellow >line but I'll do better next time. > >I did take off this time - too abruptly. It was OK because we had a high >enough air speed. I knew that I goofed as soon as I did it. I need to >get a better sense of what is too much and what is not enough with all of >the controls. So far, I tend to do not enough rather than too much. But >with that takeoff, I was amazed how little it takes to get off the ground. > >So for this lesson, it seems like Andres had me doing and keeping track of >more things than last time (as it should be). I must say that I did not >have an easy time keeping the ailerons in the right position, keeping >the"little ball" centered, keeping the nose in the right position, keeping >the altitude and heading than he wanted, and watching for other airplanes. >It seems like I'd get a 2 or 3 things OK and then something else would be >out of whack. Andres had to keep telling me the same things over and >over and over. It's not that I forget what he says. It's that, for >now, I'm having trouble keeping all the plates spinning at the same time. >It's a good thing Andres is so patient. The person who taught >me to drive was a screamer. I couldn't learn how to fly from someone like >that. It would be too unnerving. > >There was one period of several minutes where I was able to maintain >everthing where it was supposed to be. I had to suppress the urge to >vocally express my joy and delight. It's already embarrassing enough that >everyone tuned to the local channel can hear us. Yeah, I know it's not >the first or last time someone heard a student being almost constantly >corrected. > > >We went up and down the coast, practicing doing several turns in the >process. It is so beautiful here, especially from the air. The Pacific >Ocean is on the west side and the coast range is to the east. Inbetween >are the small towns and and dairy farms. The only clouds, were >way to the east, hanging over the mountains as they often do. The dairy >farms were especially green, due to the recent rains. The delta of the >Eel River is much wider than I realized. I have been looking at satellite >images of our area for years, but it sure isn't the same as flying over it >in a small plane. I know I'm not the passenger and I'm not supposed to be >concentrating on the vistas. I don't. But I'm surrounded by such >extraordinary beauty that I can't help but see it, even if it's with my >peripheral vision. > >Too soon it was time to go back to the airport. Andres let me fly almost >all the way back except for the traffic pattern and the landing. My >attention is riveted on what he is doing. I will be landing also, in the >not too distant future. > >I couldn't believe we were actually up there for an hour! It seemed like >10 minutes. > >I have much to think about and review in my mind. I write down everything >I can remember of what he tells me. I would like to take notes at the >time he tells me things but I can't fly and take notes at the same time. > >It wouldn't surprise me if you folks get a good deal of chuckles from my >ackward first attempts. That's OK with me. > > >Eagerly looking forward to my next lesson, > >Georgia > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ __ _____ >To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >_________________________________________________________ >Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
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