Yesterday I was supposed to fly with Bill in the morning but due to the freezing levels being reported at 4000ft, we cancelled the flight and spent the day in the FRASCA again. The day went very well for me and very poorly for Jerry. For some reason Jerry can't seem to remember to calm down and think when he encounters an engine out scenario in the sim. Bill keeps trying to coach him and tells him to not do anything for 5 seconds after the engine dies (just to gether his thoughts) but that seems to only be working some of the time. The other times Jerry starts smashing and bashing levers and gets himself way off course on final approach. Yesterday, Jerry was so focused on his engine he actually crash landed his plane onto the runway with his gear up. He had forgotten to put his gear down and Bill let him crash land the plane for lessons sake and shock factor. "Why did you crash Jerry?" After 3 or 4 seocnds he realized he had never put his gear down. Jerry became very frustrated and definitely needed a break in my opinion.
My time in the sim went pretty smooth yesterday, thankfully. Bill failed an engine on me as well, so Jerry didn't feel left out, and I landed just fine. Then Bill cut out my heading indicator and my attitude indicator at the same time. At first I was like "Are you kidding me" Bill just told me, "Stop whining and land (jokingly), I wouldn't push you this hard if I didn't think you could do it." I shut up and concentrated on everything thing I was doing and was going to do during my approach and did everything very well, and landed. The only thing I forgot to do was simply procedural, in that I dropped my flaps when I normally should have but during this circle to land approach I'm not supposed to drop my flaps until after I've acquired visual of the runway. In the grand scheme of things that wasn't a big deal so I was happy with myself. Now it's just a matter of memorizing my procedures for a non precision approaches.
I should be flying this morning with Bill. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Hi Mark-
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear about your day and that things are coming together for you after the other day. Positive thinking and a clear head helps, hah. Be good and Be safe! L- M & D
I like that your instructor told you to "stop whining". I have to say that to myself when things get hard and scary. I don't want to be a whiner - I want to be a winner.
ReplyDeleteAnd so it is with you.
Love;
Carol