Tomo Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Well as the heading implies, I've done my first lesson, In the Drifter at Dalby this morning... Started with on the ground briefing for about a half hour, then out to the Drifter for a run through on it. Had to wait about ten minutes because it suddenly decided to rain on us, that soon cleared up, and away we went. I had to do all the radio calls straight from the start, such as: Dalby traffic Drifter two zero eight taxiing to runway zero four Dalby And so began my first lesson. We back tracked down runway zero four (me on the radio again), did our pre-take off checks and run ups. And away we went with a bit of a cross wind to the right, we where in the air in about 20 meters or there abouts, heading Nor-east. I was then told to trim ourselves to our climb... Leveling off at about 3000ft. We then went through each control individually, showing the first and second effects of them. Then came the coordinated turns, 'got to keep that nose up a bit more! He then had me doing descents using the trim, with the engine at an idle, and with power... And so thats how my hour soon disappeared into thin air, and it wasn't long before we had to head back to Dalby...(Radioed) Joined the circuit, and handed over to Bob who did a beaut crosswind landing:thumb_up: All in all, I found out that the Drifter is a awesome little machine:thumb_up::thumb_up:, and I can't wait for next Tuesday to do a few more hours...
Guest Mad Dave Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Nice work Tomo!! Great to see you got the first one done:thumb_up: Only problem now is you are never going to have any "spare" money ever again!
Guest Brett Campany Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Good stuff Tomo, lots of goals to aim for now mate!
RetiredRacer Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Good one Tomo well done. I'm training near Gatton (Bradfield). I've now got 6.4 hrs in a Drifter and as my first one was only three weeks ago I can still remember it well. Bob My Blog Retired Racer - spreading his wings!
Deskpilot Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Well done Tomo. Using the radio was daunting for me, more so than the flying itself. Keep it up and keep it safe. Good luck.
Tomo Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 Using the radio was daunting for me, more so than the flying itself. . Yeah I didn't have much trouble because I've grown up using UHF's on the farm. Although it is a lot more "formal", so to speak... Thanks a lot guys:thumb_up:
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