Monday, March 22, 2010

Flight# 6

The wind picked up to 16 knots with gusts up to 25 knots by Noon. In a way, it is good to practice in difficult conditions so that it will be piece of cake when flying in normal weather. We used this opportunity to practice cross wind take off. The usual routine of preflight inspections followed by run up to Runway 23. Bill loaned me a dvd to watch on Takeoffs and landings last night. I got to put some of those tips into practice. It was a lot of bouncing around due to high wind. Picked some ground reference points and practiced staying on course in spite of the wind. We picked up some tail wind for some time, with GPS displaying much higher ground speed than the indicated airspeed! We headed back to Runway 29 for landing. Bill flew the base and final and landed us safely on the ground. This is a shorter runway with no glide path indicators! Bill has been giving me more and more home work. So, I'm going to keep these posts shorter to focus on what I came here for.

The Hobbs time of this flight was 0.6 hours. Cumulative Hobbs time: 4.2 hours. Below are some pictures taken from the backyard:

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3 comments:

  1. CandaceMarch 23, 2010 at 3:58 AM

    Hey, Ravi. Sounds like you're having a great time...well, except maybe for the barfing. Sorry the bands don't wory. Maybe try Ginger People http://www.gingerpeople.com/ They helped too during pregnancy. Or so I like to tell myself! Good luck and keep posting. Candace

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  2. AnonymousMarch 23, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    Hi Ravi,

    Glad to see you are having a good time. Thanks for giving us the link to your blog. I am enjoying seeing how you are doing while you are away.

    Be careful and we are looking forward to you getting back to work.

    Don't worry, we are not re-engineering the ARCOS project while you are away. :o)

    Be Safe,
    Annette

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  3. RaviMarch 23, 2010 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks for the tip Candace. I'm going to stick with the Dramamine equivalent. I will continue to wear the bands though.

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