asymmetrical flap deployment can be hazardous to your health
I thought that the morning alone would be ideal for smooth flying, since the air is cold and the sun hasn’t yet had a chance to heat up the earth and cause turbulence-producing convection. But flying with Larry yesterday evening showed that the morning doesn’t have the market for smooth air cornered.
It had rained all day so the temperature was uniform and chilly. The skies cleared in the afternoon and the wind was absent. I don’t think I felt a single bump as we tooled around the practice area. Wanting to take up Diane soon, I planned my flight with Larry as a sort of reconnaissance flight to find her house, and it was surprisingly obvious. I descended about 7-800 feet above the ground and circled around it a couple of times. I was going to fly down to Lexington but decided to just land at the closer Twin Lakes. The air made it easy for me and I greased it on, both at Twin Lakes and later returning to Sugar Valley. Landings like those are real confidence boosters, more than anything else in a flight.
Flying with Larry had the potential to be a little intimidating, seeing as how he is a retired airline pilot with many thousands of hours of experience (I have a little over 60). But he loved it and said I did very well. From what I gathered, he hadn’t flown in several years, and said he felt “like a kid in a candy store.” A major difference between the kind of flying that he did for most of his career and that which I do is that when he flew, he would invariably have a premade flight plan for every flight, locked in. The kind of flying that I do, navigating by dead reckoning and landmarks, is a lot more free by comparison (though more choosy in terms of weather conditions). So he enjoyed that freedom as well. Great flight.
I’m so proud of you. :o)
Thank you, sweetie :)