"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
11/25/2018 at 23:55 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
11/25/2018 at 23:55 • Filed to: None | 1
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My flight instructor was prepared to send me solo today, but the weather wasn’t cooperating. Winds were at 12 kts (about 14 mph), gusting to 20 kts (23 mph) roughly 20 degrees off the runway. There’s a line of trees west of the runway which was causing some interesting turbulence right around the 1,000 ft mark which is where we want to touch down.
We spent some time practicing maneuvers before coming back for pattern work. The first landing was ok. The second was more than a little scary. After we got airborne again, a flock of birds decided to use the same airspace we were in. There wasn’t much we could do. We were fortunate that the flock broke up and none of the scattering birds hit us.
We had to come around for a third and it was just about perfect. That’s when we decided to count our blessings and call it quits.
It looks like it will be a couple of weeks before I can get back in the air, but if the weather is good, I’ll finally get to solo.
ttyymmnn
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/25/2018 at 23:59 |
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Yeah, it was pretty blustery today.
PyramidHat
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/26/2018 at 00:03 |
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Ugh, bummer. But it’s best to get decent conditions for the solo. The crosswind was no good, but the turbulence was simply no bueno. You’ll get t here.
I, too, had an aborted solo flight day. Also “interesting.”
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/aeronautical-near-miss-1795803033
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> PyramidHat
11/26/2018 at 00:14 |
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Wow. That was a bad day and a near miss!
WilliamsSW
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/26/2018 at 00:21 |
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Soon! Those aren’t conditions for your first solo. Hopefully better weather in a few weeks!
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> WilliamsSW
11/26/2018 at 00:23 |
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It was definitely good practice, but I certainly wouldn’t have been up there on my own. We had a conversation about appropriate weather conditions for a new pilot. He thought my hesitance to fly today was appropriate.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/26/2018 at 00:37 |
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Will your instructor cut off the back of your shirt tail?
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
11/26/2018 at 06:27 |
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That is something they do there are a bunch of them posted on a wall I wore a shirt that o wouldn’t mind losing
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> TheRealBicycleBuck
11/26/2018 at 13:05 |
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I need to stop responding via cell phone. That response needed some work!