Today was a good flight. It’s been two weeks since being up last and it was a great day to go. The weather was perfect, albeit a bit windy, but I was OK with it. This lesson was my first away from my normal training area. We left Freeway Airport and headed due North to Fort Meade – Tipton Airport and did numerous Touch & Go’s, as well as several Balked Landings (i.e., missed approaches or ‘go-arounds’). Now that we are heading to other airports now, I am starting to realize just how much more there is to learn. I actually had to bust out my Sectional Chart today. I had to program Fort Meade’s AWOS (weather) in the backup radio. I had to deal with pilotage to a new area, although, to be honest, it was much easier. Once off of Freeway, I just had to head straight to the big black building: NSA (No Such Agency). The flight was fairly short to Tipton (7-10 minutes), which left me a lot of practice time. I think I did about 4 landings, and another 4-6 missed approaches. Something I still really need to work on is to not be so lazy on my feet (rudder work). I tend to focus on one or two tasks at hand, and forget another. You truly have to be good at multitasking when it comes to flying. I will get it…I just need more practice. Speaking of, I head up again tomorrow morning.
Enjoy the video!
~ Brian
Total Hours: 14.0
Runway 18 
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