Back at it!

Hey there! did you miss me?

Well, after more than a month of not flying due to the weather and a rather brutal flu that I caught, I managed to catch a lesson yesterday, finally.

Since I haven't flown so long, this lesson consisted of circuits reviews. Yesterday was probably the windiest day that I had flown yet. I had some major crosswinds on the landings, so much so that I ended up no flaps on my landings.

Using no flaps on landings makes for some interesting approaches and landings. Since the airplane tends to glide much more when no flaps are retracted, the whole angle of descend is a much less steeper angle than if I would be landing with flaps. This means that I have to plan my approaches differently compared to when I land with flaps. The profile of the runway also looks different since you're approaching at a shallower angle.

After not flying an airplane for so long, I expected myself to feel uncomfortable in the airplane. It's happened to me before, where there's a few weeks where I don't fly because of weather, and when I get into the airplane, It's almost like I have to learn everything from scratch again.

While I did shoot some blanks the first time I spoke on the radios, I quickly got over it and focused on what I had to do. Even with the winds being as strong as they were, I handled the airplane well. I had no anxiety about it, I just made sure to focus at the task at hand and be sure of myself. When it comes time for my first solo flight (and I know I've been mentioning it for months - outside circumstances have prevented me from soloing, but I think it's coming up sooner rather than later), I know that staying focused and being sure of myself are the things I'll need to do when I'm in the airplane alone for the first time.

I apologies for not keeping you up to date, but on the other hand it really didn't seem like anyone cared. I did promise to myself that I'll keep this blog thing going, so I'm sticking to my promise - whether you like it or not!!

Please come visit me again.

Cheers