Well after feeling slightly guilty over the last month for not posting anything, thought I'd better give an update.
Been doing plenty of flying lately, awesome weather. Still stuck in the cicuit, and doing the emergency procedures which consists of EFATO's, glide approaches, flapless landings and abandoned take offs.
Only done a couple of the latter, seem relatively straight forward so I guess we dont do too much on them. Obviously we would be doing more if the instructors were concerned so thats good to know.
EFATO's are interesting, took a while for me to start getting use to them but I seem to be getting better at them now (excluding my last lesson..)Glide approaches are probably the most interesting, its awesome when you touch down on the runway knowing that you've just completed a safe landing without engine power. Flapless landings seem to be OK, but I have a bit of trouble with my approach height during this exercise, although this should improve over time.
My general flying is OK, but there is a couple of things which I still have trouble with which is mainly maintaining balance and height during the circuit. Time still seems to be getting away on a bit.
My latest lesson was a bit miserable to say the least, just wasn't my day. Hopefully next time will be better.
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Ahh flying the circuit. The bread and butter flying of any pilot. Maintaining height and speed, trying to gain and keep situational awareness, remembering all the checks and trying not to make a fool of yourself on the radio. Lots to do in so little time. The trick is to realise you have more time than you think you have, and that although you are taught to fly the circuit as a sequence of procedures, the sequence itself is not a hard and fast rule. Knowing when to do things in what order is a matter of experience in the circuit. Looking at my logbook I did about 18 hours of circuit flying before they let me move onto the advanced training syllabus. When you have such low total time it seems like an eternity, but the familiarity will aid you in later flights, especially when you go to strange airfields.
So chin up mate, its all a matter of time.
Circuits are a nightmare!!
Thanks for the comment Euan, interesting to read from a PPL's view. As you say there is more time than I think, guess it's just a matter of getting things done whenever you have a chance.
Once I get these annoying little things out of the way I feel I'll be able to move on.
As you say circuits get rather tedious, but they've gotta be done and obviously good practice for later training.
Can definitely relate to what you were saying in your third sentence about maining height and speed, and situational awareness. That's a biggie for me. Flying itself is one thing, learning situational awareness is an entirely different ball game and thats something I need to work on in the near future.
Thanks very much for your encouragement, I await the next lesson...
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