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IFR Lesson 13 - All Falls Away
12/13/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 13 - All Falls Away
I apply full power and release the brakes on the Arrow just as a gaggle of crows land on either side of runway 19 about 500 ft ahead of us.
Me: Watch those birds.
CFII: Ok.
Sure enough, about 100 ft before we reach them, they spring up and fly right in front of the airplane. I immediately pull the throttle back to the stops. Brakes aren't necessary as they clear out just moments before we puree them. I continue the takeoff from there as normal and try very hard not to view a flock of suicidal ravens as an omen for the flight.
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I apply full power and release the brakes on the Arrow just as a gaggle of crows land on either side of runway 19 about 500 ft ahead of us.
Me: Watch those birds.
CFII: Ok.
Sure enough, about 100 ft before we reach them, they spring up and fly right in front of the airplane. I immediately pull the throttle back to the stops. Brakes aren't necessary as they clear out just moments before we puree them. I continue the takeoff from there as normal and try very hard not to view a flock of suicidal ravens as an omen for the flight.
But wait, let's back up a minute... Read More...
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IFR Lesson 10 - If You Could Only See
12/10/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 10 - If You Could Only See
Careful what you wish for. I wanted actual, and the NWS saw fit to deliver to us 700 ft ceilings throughout the area. I actually find that I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing as I'm driving in. I think in large part it's due to the fact that I'm flying the school's Piper Arrow for the first time. Were it not for my extreme confidence in CFII's ability to promptly correct my more life-threateing mistakes, there's no way I'd fly a new airplane into actual. The instrument-fu is strong with that one. Read More...
Careful what you wish for. I wanted actual, and the NWS saw fit to deliver to us 700 ft ceilings throughout the area. I actually find that I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing as I'm driving in. I think in large part it's due to the fact that I'm flying the school's Piper Arrow for the first time. Were it not for my extreme confidence in CFII's ability to promptly correct my more life-threateing mistakes, there's no way I'd fly a new airplane into actual. The instrument-fu is strong with that one. Read More...