Sergey and I went out to try Airball and do some maneuvers. 2 landings at E16, 1 landing at KRHV.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Friday, January 3, 2020
N291DR 0.7 Short Airball data gathering flight
Quick solo evening flight to get some Airball data. One landing at KRHV.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
N291DR 0.9 Airball data gathering flight with Melissa
Flight from KRHV towards Lick Observatory, low pass over unpopulated area, air work, and return for 1 landing at KRHV.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
N291DR 1.0 Airball data gathering flight
Short data gathering flight towards Calero Reservoir. 1 landing, at KRHV.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
N291DR 1.1 Mary Short landing practice
Short landing practice with CFI "Mary", all in closed traffic at KRHV.
Learned to come in at ~ 40 knots, using power to control glide path, round out just after the fence at Rwys 31 at KRHV, and be able to stop well before taxiway Bravo. Many touch and goes, 2 full stop landings. In all of them I could have stopped at Bravo; one was a bit long but that was because I came across the fence at 45 kias instead of 40 kias.
On one circuit, I slowed down to 40 kias while still on downwind, and CFI noticed I was in a skid. Very bad combination! Next time, I will remember to maintain my normal approach speed of at least 50 kias until I am established on some sort of final approach, then back off the speed.
On one landing I was coming in with lots of energy so I basically held it at 40 kias, cut power. and "parachuted" down on a very steep glidepath, and flared successfully.
Learned to come in at ~ 40 knots, using power to control glide path, round out just after the fence at Rwys 31 at KRHV, and be able to stop well before taxiway Bravo. Many touch and goes, 2 full stop landings. In all of them I could have stopped at Bravo; one was a bit long but that was because I came across the fence at 45 kias instead of 40 kias.
On one circuit, I slowed down to 40 kias while still on downwind, and CFI noticed I was in a skid. Very bad combination! Next time, I will remember to maintain my normal approach speed of at least 50 kias until I am established on some sort of final approach, then back off the speed.
On one landing I was coming in with lots of energy so I basically held it at 40 kias, cut power. and "parachuted" down on a very steep glidepath, and flared successfully.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
N291DR 1.8 Flight to the coast with Melissa
Flew to the coast with Melissa and back to KRHV. 4 landings.
Departed KRHV "left downwind IBM departure", flew over Calero Reservoir, then landed in CA66 after a low pass. Landing was okay but a high flare, ended up bouncing but the grass absorbed enough energy and we did ok.
Departed CA66 with soft field technique. Flew to 1C9. Did 2 landings. The first was a short approach that came up short; added some power. Passable landing. The next was a good short approach with a smooth landing.
Returned to KRHV, straight in landing on 31R. As usual (!) I mis-judged my energy and came up short on the glide, and needed to use some power. Landing was okay.
Departed KRHV "left downwind IBM departure", flew over Calero Reservoir, then landed in CA66 after a low pass. Landing was okay but a high flare, ended up bouncing but the grass absorbed enough energy and we did ok.
Departed CA66 with soft field technique. Flew to 1C9. Did 2 landings. The first was a short approach that came up short; added some power. Passable landing. The next was a good short approach with a smooth landing.
Returned to KRHV, straight in landing on 31R. As usual (!) I mis-judged my energy and came up short on the glide, and needed to use some power. Landing was okay.
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