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IFR Lesson 5 - Since I Lost My Baby
11/28/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 5 - Since I Lost My Baby
The DA-40 is still down. Shit. Time for an executive decision.
Me: Let's train in the DA-20 with the hood. The sim is great, but I really need flight time.
CFII: Yeah, I know. That'll work as long as we have VFR weather. Problem is it's booked today.
Me: Grrr.
In the back of my mind, I'm thinking the DA-40 might still come up in the near future, but if not I'll see about flying the school's Piper Arrow. It's the only other IFR certified airplane they have. I think my time in the Seminole will translate nicely to it, so the transition doesn't worry me.
We do head over to the sim and fly a few approaches, including my first SDF into Tullahoma (nicked "Dullahoma" by the locals). A DME arc with a failed DG later and I'm ready to call it a day.
Next lesson ought to involve me leaving the ground. That will be a welcome change. Read More...
The DA-40 is still down. Shit. Time for an executive decision.
Me: Let's train in the DA-20 with the hood. The sim is great, but I really need flight time.
CFII: Yeah, I know. That'll work as long as we have VFR weather. Problem is it's booked today.
Me: Grrr.
In the back of my mind, I'm thinking the DA-40 might still come up in the near future, but if not I'll see about flying the school's Piper Arrow. It's the only other IFR certified airplane they have. I think my time in the Seminole will translate nicely to it, so the transition doesn't worry me.
We do head over to the sim and fly a few approaches, including my first SDF into Tullahoma (nicked "Dullahoma" by the locals). A DME arc with a failed DG later and I'm ready to call it a day.
Next lesson ought to involve me leaving the ground. That will be a welcome change. Read More...
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IFR Lesson 4 - Blame Canada
11/27/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 4 - Blame Canada
CFII: I got bad news.
Me: Wait, don't tell me. DA-40 is still not up.
CFII: Nope. Want to go to the sim?
Me: Sure.
The sim is a great tool, it really is. And I think every instrument student should do at least *some* training in one. Trouble is, I really need flight time to meet the IFR experience requirements, and the sim is less helpful in that regard.
We practice my first ILS approaches into Smyrna, complete with the missed approach. This whole missed approach thing seems like overkill to me. I'm just going to fly them all perfectly so I don't need that. I run my idea by CFII and he is unimpressed.
I demonstrate my superior skill by wiggling the localizer needle like a windshield wiper blade. All the while oscillating so wildly around the glideslope that I have to call simulated flight watch to give a severe turbulence pirep just to maintain appearances. After testing the tolerances of the simulator's glideslope, we call it a day. Read More...
CFII: I got bad news.
Me: Wait, don't tell me. DA-40 is still not up.
CFII: Nope. Want to go to the sim?
Me: Sure.
The sim is a great tool, it really is. And I think every instrument student should do at least *some* training in one. Trouble is, I really need flight time to meet the IFR experience requirements, and the sim is less helpful in that regard.
We practice my first ILS approaches into Smyrna, complete with the missed approach. This whole missed approach thing seems like overkill to me. I'm just going to fly them all perfectly so I don't need that. I run my idea by CFII and he is unimpressed.
I demonstrate my superior skill by wiggling the localizer needle like a windshield wiper blade. All the while oscillating so wildly around the glideslope that I have to call simulated flight watch to give a severe turbulence pirep just to maintain appearances. After testing the tolerances of the simulator's glideslope, we call it a day. Read More...
IFR Lesson 3 - Hold Me Now
11/23/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 3 - Hold Me Now
After a couple of days of expressing my gratitude for all that I have by stuffing my face full of turkey and pie, I'm up for more virtual aviation fun today. But first CFII wants to teach me about holds. Naturally, I read about them when studying for the written. Let's show him how smart I am.
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After a couple of days of expressing my gratitude for all that I have by stuffing my face full of turkey and pie, I'm up for more virtual aviation fun today. But first CFII wants to teach me about holds. Naturally, I read about them when studying for the written. Let's show him how smart I am.
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IFR Lesson 2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
11/20/2007 Filed in: Flying
IFR Lesson 2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
Bright and early, I'm back in the sim today at 7am, well-rested and fully prepared to blow through some assigned headings and altitudes. And with vigor. Read More...
Bright and early, I'm back in the sim today at 7am, well-rested and fully prepared to blow through some assigned headings and altitudes. And with vigor. Read More...
IFR Lesson 1 - Aint No Sunshine
11/19/2007 Filed in: Flying
There I sit on the runway at Smyrna in my trusty
DA-40. It's never let me down before, but today there
are clouds littering the sky, obscuring any hope I
have of seeing anything above 200 AGL. I'm not
nervous though, because I know that even on my first
IFR lesson I'll be a wicked badass, capable of
one-handed, blind-folded approaches to minimums in
the dark with a failed engine. Well, that and today
I'll be flying the school's MOTUS full-motion
simulator. Read
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