Inspired by others on this list I had my first flight with controls in my
hands on a C172. This was the first flight I ever had on such a small plane.
I once sat in a BN2 as a passanger but I must admit that sitting in a 10
seater, even though it was a great excitement sitting behind the co's seat
(no co present on this flight), wathing everything that's going on, was far
not that much a great experience as the flight yesterday.
The Instructor took of from EDLN runway 13 and handed the controls over to
me after reaching 1500 feet. I had about 10 minutes time to head south and
get the feeling how to fly at a constant altitude - I didn't really 'manage'
it but it worked quite well for the first time ("watch the horizon" !).
After reaching the 'playground' over an open mining of brown coal we had
time for a little 'programme'. Standard turn right (I overshot by about 15
seconds), standard turn left, another standard turn (much better than the
first one). The next excercises were shown by the instructor before I had
the chance to do them myself - I had to handle carb heating and throttle,
the instructor dealt with the mixture.
So I had a few narrow curves with 60 degree bank (how would you call this in
English ?) and two stall recoveries ("hey, you lost only 100 feet !").
_This_ was really a pretty nice experience after all. During our programme a
pair of Tornados came by way below us, VFR at about 150 feet.
After 25 minutes I headed for the airport the instructor took over for
approach. EDLN is an airfield with (small) airline traffic, so you have to
follow certain procedures that are quite new to me. But I think I'll be able
to learn that stuff.
Hey guys (and gals), do that yourself, it is really worth it ! And don't
forget to watch out, especially remember the position of the horizon
anytime,
Martin.
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Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are !
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