Well today was filled with lots of studying broken up by an awesome flight. The flight carried us to Oceanside, over to Hemet and then back to Montgomery. I'm finding that I'm not as nervous before each flight or simulator now which helps too! Thankfully I'm getting the hang of this instrument stuff. The flights are not perfect, I can say I'm not disappointed in my performance.
While I still need more practice I feel like I'm making progress and will be ready for the practical portion of my check ride next week. First approach up on the list was the lovely VOR A at Oceanside. This approach is challenging, as it requires a loss of 1000' of altitude in three miles while leveling off while looking for the airport.
And I can say that it went well, after completing a missed approach (procedure when the airport can't be seen or a safe landing can't be completed, we point the plane back to the skies). We headed to Hemet, for a GPS approach. I'm comfortable with this procedure so it was a relaxing trip. After landing in Hemet, Dane was kind enough to give me a break handling the take off and departure as we headed to Montgomery. Once leveled off at 5500' my break was over as I set up for the ILS into Montgomery. My approach still needs more practice, but I was happy. After the flight I headed home for more studying!
While I still need more practice I feel like I'm making progress and will be ready for the practical portion of my check ride next week. First approach up on the list was the lovely VOR A at Oceanside. This approach is challenging, as it requires a loss of 1000' of altitude in three miles while leveling off while looking for the airport.
And I can say that it went well, after completing a missed approach (procedure when the airport can't be seen or a safe landing can't be completed, we point the plane back to the skies). We headed to Hemet, for a GPS approach. I'm comfortable with this procedure so it was a relaxing trip. After landing in Hemet, Dane was kind enough to give me a break handling the take off and departure as we headed to Montgomery. Once leveled off at 5500' my break was over as I set up for the ILS into Montgomery. My approach still needs more practice, but I was happy. After the flight I headed home for more studying!
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