Flew to meet friends at Alta Mesa Airpark (3CN7) and back. 2 full stop landings. 68.8 nm one way, so satisfies Sport and Private XC.
Un-eventful landing and takeoff from a grass field, with a stiff headwind so it was pretty easy. On the way back, I flew over Hwy 680 on the West side of the Livermore valley, and got hammered by turbulence! I had to shift away from the hills a bit, so I asked KLVK for permission to enter their airspace temporarily.
Flight from KRHV to KHAF and back. On the way there, flew through KSJC and over SLAC. On the way back, came up Hwy 17 and over the Lexington reservoir. 2 full stop landings.
I washed the plane today, then took it out for a spin. Sergey happened to be around and came with me. Very bumpy day. I did one go-around and one touch-and-go at E16, then came back for a full stop landing at KRHV. Sergey wanted me to do wheel landings, which I'm totally not used to. To-do item: Practice wheel landings! Sergey's advice is, use some flaps to keep the aircraft's incidence reasonable while landing.
Some solo practice around the Coyote Valley, in E16 and 1C9. Total of 5 landings. Lots of fun!
Practice flight to stay current -- I've been working on Airball a lot these days. 3 landings. Flew KRHV to Byron via the Altamont pass, then back to KRHV passing North and West of Livermore.
Sergey recently lowered the idle setting so I came up short on both landings at Byron. Back at KRHV, I came in close and forward slipped and made the glide, but then noticed I may have had the throttle cracked a tiny bit. :)
Solo practice and fun flight. 3 landings at E16 -- one a "failed" short approach where I came in a bit short and needed power; then a good short-field landing at minimum safe speed with power; then a no-flap wheel landing. Flew to KCVH and did 1 no-flap wheel landing with a decent x-wind, landing on 1 wheel then the other. Then flew back to KRHV for another successful no-flap wheel landing.
Took off and landed KRHV. Airball flight to qualify a new non-porous 3D printed probe nose.
