Finally
back in business! Now I've been in Ljungbyhed a week and flown every
day! We've practised climbing, descending, navigating manually (not
GPS), using flaps (for slow flying), avoiding stall (when you fly too
slow so that the airplane begins to fall down/störta), flying at
max-speed (370 km/h in our plane) and most importantly, landing. On
Thursday I did my first landing ever, safely, and on Friday we flew
back and forth around the runway doing 7 landings and take-offs in a
row. So now, for the first time, I feel that I could fly without any
help and still be fine, if nothing unusual happens.
So
this has been a very fun week and I've learnt so much. I haven't
hesitated a bit about choosing this course, it's so fun and I'm so
excited about the rest of the course!
Apart
from flying one hour a day and doing self studies we've been educated
in airplane washing this week. We do it completely by hand spraying
detergent (rengöringsmedel) and rubbing with a fabric cloth
(tygtrasa). Every day we have to clean the wings, the hood
(motorhuv), the tail and the wheel legs, and once a week the whole
class gathers to clean the rest as well – the roof, the sides and
underneath the body and wings.
Next
week the military will come to Ljungbyhed for a few weeks of fighter
pilot training – so we will not be alone in the air the next two
weeks. Even though the fighter pilot students fly old planes, it'll
be cool to see a lot of jet airplanes around. My class will have
another two weeks of just flight lessons, then two weeks theory and
another week of flying before our theory final exams in the middle of
September. While we stop all flying before the winter (our planes are
not certified for flying in cold weather) I think we'll have time to
do our first solo flights before that.
If
you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask in the comments! Next
update will probably be about my three weeks summer vacation, and
come up in a few days.
Photos:
Three
Cirrus SR-20 ready to be boarded for another lesson.
Some
of the military's SK-60 share hangar with us. Next week we will see
them in action.
The
school main building as seen from the airport tower.
A
student on landing final and another two students queing for start.
We
visited the tower to learn how they work and get some tips on radio
communication.
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