This evening my FIL quizzed me up on emergency procedures out of the POH Chapter 3, and surprise, surprise, I actually got them all right. (Well, engine failures anyway.) If I can rhyme of fires as well as engines, and demonstrate a decent cross-wind landing, I may just solo before I hit middle age, haha!
It is getting closer, I know it! My Radio certificate arrived in the mail last week, and the week before that my medical. My PSTAR has long been completed (49/50 in 12 minutes), and I am actually beginning to be able to fly a little bit without constant correction, and understand some of what I am doing and why.
This evening my FIL quizzed me up on emergency procedures out of the POH Chapter 3, and surprise, surprise, I actually got them all right. (Well, engine failures anyway.) If I can rhyme of fires as well as engines, and demonstrate a decent cross-wind landing, I may just solo before I hit middle age, haha!
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It seems like anytime I get going about Ground School, someone tells me I should write a book.
Maybe I will, on this grey morning, when flying is an impossibility, and the work piled up on my dining room table next to the computer seems more unsavoury than ever! Further to my comments in the blog post below, and since the issue came up in tonight's GS, here is a photo and description from Tatiana at Island Air (in response to an email I sent her when I first noticed them while flying commercially a few weeks ago)... The 'front flaps' you saw are most likely slats. Their purpose is very similar to that of flaps -- both improve lift as well as increase drag (so they help you slow down and, once you are slowed down, make it safer for you to fly that slowly). The picture below shows the difference in airflow caused by the slats. (The bottom picture shows a 'slot' which basically means an opening in the wing that sits there permanently; i.e., kind of a forever-extended slat). And, from a fellow ground schooler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBZF_3DLCU
Reading through FTGH text for this week's class on Aerodynamics, I came across a whole section on slots and slats (wing "flaps" at the leading edge rather than
What a gift it was to sit through a Ground School class and actually know some of what the instructor was talking about, lol! In my head, I was answering most of the questions he asked, correctly -- who would have thunk it, lol! I guess I just needed multiple exposures. (And flying regularly helps, too; last time I started GS, I had only one hour of flying under my belt, whereas this time, I have about 20.)
I have to say, it feels a bit wierd to be with a totally new group of people... I kind of miss the old cohort, but at least we keep in touch by email. And there are some nice people in the new group... just have to get to know them a litte, I guess. This is the sequence of things John Denker says any good pilot should be able to yell in her sleep if suddenly awaked and asked what the process for ER problem solving in the plane is.
Scenario-based training involves the simulation of various "issues" in the plane, with the student needing to problem solve them under the guidance of the "Mommy," inquired my six-year-old son Alex this evening, "if a robber comes, do I bash him over the head, or do I run?"
We had spent part of the afternoon/evening reviewing material from my most recent flight lesson, and over dinner, I had been getting my husband to quiz me on various emergency procedures. My kids were quite interested, and asked all kinds of questions. I basically told them I was practising thinking about "just in case" scenarios. I guess Alex decided to consider some of his own "emergency procedures". (BTW, I suggested that in the unlikely event of a robber appearing, he just run.) Another PPL Ground School session coming up starting next Tuesday and Thursday... BRUTAL time committment, but I think I need another exposure to the material, now that I sort of am starting to know what I am doing, and have a little more schema to connect to.
I don't have high hopes of much improvement in terms of teaching, for the most part, but I guess I will try to make it out to as many sessions as I can, and just keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open and see what little insights I can garner from the few instructors who care enough to try and facilitate the material in an engaging manner, rather than be talking heads at the front of the room (and for thw talking head "sages on the stage", well, maybe jsut being in the presence of their greatness will rub off, lol!) For Honduras pics, etc., see here. For fleeting, flight-related thoughts enroute, check out the slide show below.... Vera is temporarily in Honduras, and will return in about a week.
If you are interested in following my adventures down south for the next few days, I invite you to read my blog at www.verateschow.ca (click on BLOG on the menu at the top), where I plan to jot a few updates and post photos, provided I can find internet access enroute. |
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AuthorVera C. Teschow is a certified teacher and mother of twin boys Alex and Simon. In addition to documenting her flying lessons, she also blogs about babies, teaching and life in general. Categories
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