Slips

Hey everyone, Did some more flying today, this time we reviewed some maneuvers that we practiced a long time ago. We went over slow flight and did 3 stalls. 2 of them while turning. Glad I didn't get sick this time though!

Afterwards we found some long roads and pretended to use them as runways - We would line ourselves up at about 3,000 feet and enter the "Slip" maneuver. Basically, depending on the wind, we apply full rudder into the wind and then opposite aileron to keep us tracking straight forward. What the slip does is make you lose lots of altitude in a very short amount of time. After about 15-20 seconds we were all the way down to about 2,000 feet.

Then we started to head back to the airport. (I actually knew where it was!!) We got there and practiced the Slip maneuver and actually landed it this time. The first one was quite good and had a very smooth landing, I was pretty proud of myself! The second one we came in and almost had to do a go-around because somebody pulled out onto the runway while we were on final! Luckily he got up in time for us to land. The landing was a bit harder but nevertheless down in one piece!

So that's all for now! My next flight lesson is next Wednesday.

As of 8/6/08 i have a total of 8.9 hours logged and a total of 19 landings.

See ya next time-
Taylor