Stick And Rudder
I haven't been flying in two weeks. First the weather wouldn't cooperate, then on the one day I could've gone, I didn't have time. Then I got sick, and am still sick -- I had a lesson scheduled today with Alternate Instructor #1. I won't assign him a name until I've actually done a lesson with him, in case it's not worth it. Anyway, I cancelled because this cold/flu/whatever is kicking my butt. Actually I'm winning now, but I'm still only at about 70%.
In all this downtime, I did finish reading Stick And Rudder, the book from 1945 (or so) by Wolfgang Langewiesche. It was an interesting read, overall! I see why people get fed up with it; it does have a tendency to say the same thing over and over again. Here's a scenario wherein the pilot gets into trouble. That's because (a) he doesn't understand about Angle of Attack, or (b) he has the mistaken impression that the rudder turns the plane.
But in spite of the repetition, it was still interesting, especially at this point in my training as I'm not so familiar with all the scenarios that may come up. Better to have read about them first. And one of the last sections had some really good hints about judging height on landings that I'm really eager to try out! Heck, it's beautiful today! I could go right now..except for the hacking cough and the need to blow my nose every 5 minutes, and the fact that just writing this blog entry is going to exhaust my energy and I'll need to recuperate for an hour.
Next lesson is scheduled for Thursday with Alternate Instructor #2. Hopefully by then the weather won't have gone south again..
In all this downtime, I did finish reading Stick And Rudder, the book from 1945 (or so) by Wolfgang Langewiesche. It was an interesting read, overall! I see why people get fed up with it; it does have a tendency to say the same thing over and over again. Here's a scenario wherein the pilot gets into trouble. That's because (a) he doesn't understand about Angle of Attack, or (b) he has the mistaken impression that the rudder turns the plane.
But in spite of the repetition, it was still interesting, especially at this point in my training as I'm not so familiar with all the scenarios that may come up. Better to have read about them first. And one of the last sections had some really good hints about judging height on landings that I'm really eager to try out! Heck, it's beautiful today! I could go right now..except for the hacking cough and the need to blow my nose every 5 minutes, and the fact that just writing this blog entry is going to exhaust my energy and I'll need to recuperate for an hour.
Next lesson is scheduled for Thursday with Alternate Instructor #2. Hopefully by then the weather won't have gone south again..
posted by MKT at 3:30 PM
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