YEAH BABY I AM BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Adrian Lewer]

Hi all, well after posting here about 18 months ago and doing some talking i faded into the background , work commitments, having a son :) ect but today i went for my 1st instructional flight since August 2002. i had only had 10 hours in my log book when i stopped flying with rudi in ballarat in the trusty old jab LSA but finally decided to bite the bullet and go to ballarat and dig the log book out of the attic of the ballarat aero club (where rudi dropped off al the log books).

 

when i got it i went for a walk over to inbound aviation and got talking to roger and manny. i was so excited i almost wet myself. manny told me he could take me up at that very moment and i jumped out of my seat and was at the left hand door of the J160 like a bull at a gate.....

 

after pre flight and a brief discussion (including what has changed in the old jab LSA as opposed to the new version) manny thought it would be good to see if i still had it. he said just treat it like the old LSA and we went flying...

 

i taxied over to the run up bay went through the checklist called traffic ballarat b/track 23 for 18 then b/track 18 and we where off.....

 

upon opening up the throttle i dont know what come over me but we rotated at around 60 odd kts and i kept my foot on the accelerator (RH rudder pedal ? ) after about 2 seconds i got the drift with manny giving the LH rudder a bit of a nudge :) (looks weird seeing the runway out the side windows on takeoff :yuk: . anyway we where off....

 

after turning right crosswind we headed out to the training area where i got a feel for keeping the pesky slip ball in its cage and the trimming and flying procedures...

 

after about 20 mins in the training area we headed back to the circuit and all the calls came back to me like it was yesterday... i did make some mistakes and sounded like a fool but made the appropriate corrections without hesitation (well so i thought )

 

whilst on downwind manny thought it would be wise that he do a base,final,t&go whilst i hold the stick and throttle to feel the aircraft... all was good.

 

upon the takeoff roll i had control again and we where off the complete another circuit with me at the controls for this one, great effort by me i thought as manny never got to touch the controls as i bought her round for a sort of circuit and touchdown....

 

my only complaint with myself was i need to master the touchdown as they come in slightly **** eyed and the touchdown is more like a drunk trying to ride a bicycle LOL ...

 

i can not believe how easy it was after all these years... and look forward to seeing manny next week to complete a practice solo exam.

 

while we are on the subject of today, i bought my 1st whizz wheel... no i am stumped..... can not figure it out and the instructions are at the best vague.

 

happy camper signing off :big_grin:

 

 

[Captain]

my only complaint with myself was i need to master the touchdown as they come in slightly **** eyed and the touchdown is more like a drunk trying to ride a bicycle LOL ...while we are on the subject of today, i bought my 1st whizz wheel... no i am stumped..... can not figure it out and the instructions are at the best vague.

Ferret

 

 

 

Skippy instructions for Whizz Wheel operation are given below:

 

 

 

Put the little black line on the moveable bit over the figure that you know, then read off the other figure that you want from the other little black line. No worries mate.

 

 

 

Re your para on mastery of the touchdown ..... always remember that there are 5 tried and proven rules or principals to a good touchdown, and the only small issue is that nobody knows what they are.

 

 

 

Regards & welcome back

 

 

 

Geoff

 

 

[Flyer]

Indeed good Captain, 5 rules there be....I've had a go at them below...

 

1. Keep the runway in front of you

 

2. In a tricycle undercarriage aircraft keep the nose wheel in front of the main wheels

 

3. In a tail dragger keep the little wheel behind the big wheels

 

4. Keep the shiny side up

 

5. Any landing you walk away from is a good one.....

 

Well done on getting back in the plane again Ferret and hopefully the above tips will have you flying like a pro in no time....

 

:thumb_up:

 

Regards

 

Phil

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

LOL yeah well i did them all. thanks i found out how to use the whizz wheel, quiet simple actualy. i think todate my log book says i have 13 odd hours up .....wo hoooooo...

 

now all i need is my own X-Air :thumb_up:

 

 

[Guest Mad Dave]

Hi Ferret,

 

I don't know what instructions you had for the whizz wheel, but these aren't too bad...

 

http://www.jeppesen.com/download/misc/crinstructions.pdf