Second Flight!

    I went out last Tuesday for the second flight!

 Great flight! Went up about 4:30 in the afternoon,so it was getting to be dusk about the time we were heading back in to land, making beautiful light on the terrain.

    During the flight, my instructor felt like i was progressing well through the basic turns, climbs and descents, so we moved to steep turns. Which, for those of you who don't know, consists of banking the airplane 45 degrees, giving it full power, and a little bit of back pressure, so you can maintain the correct altitude. These turns are really fun, because you get turned around 360 degrees in very little time.

This is the airplane I will do my training in! It is a Piper Cherokee 180
or PA-18 with a 180 hp Lycoming 0-360 a2a

This is my instructor James Boughen.
He is a great instructor, I have learned a lot just in the few lessons we have had.
 Very fun to fly with and great sense of humor making the flying pretty awesome!

Starting Pre-flight check, filling the fuel/ check for moisture, checking the Pitot tube, and the landing gear /breaks for any leaks, or abnormal wear etc.

Next we Check the oil, break fluid, and inside the cowling for any leaks or wear etc.
 The great thing about the PA-28 is the entire cowl folds back so you can see the entire engine.

 Then we finish off the Pre-flight checklist in the cockpit and get rolling down the runway!

Off the left wing en route 

Henry Hagg Lake- Big lake Looks pretty small from 4500ft!  

Rivers also look pretty small from up there!

  Over all the training is going well. The flying is super fun!

The part that i am having the most trouble with is the studying and book work. A lot of the concepts are somewhat difficult to understand while sitting in a recliner drinking coffee. However the saving grace, is they make way more sense when we get into the airplane, and i am actually able to experience them.

   I have not had much experience in poor weather, because the days i have flown have been really nice! However I am sitting down to study up for my third flight here in the next day or two, and there is a large thunderstorm outside.. So I am really hoping that it will clear up enough to make a good v.f.r flight!

  Then again I don't really mind if the weather is bad, because the next flight we will be working on stalls! 

Actually stalls sound really fun. I'm looking forward to getting more hours and experience, and it will actually be good for me to learn to control the aircraft in windy or rainy weather.

check back for the third flight update!

Tailwinds and happy landings!