Sunday, January 1, 2012

4th Day at ATP

Yesterday was my 4th day at ATP. I arrived at 8:30 am and spent 3 hours and a half on the sim practicing maneuvers until I ran out of fuel. I am a little more confident with my flows but I still need to sharpen them up. I hung out a little more at the study room watching some multi-engine videos. My biggest fear, or insecurity is Vmc demonstration.. I know the definition by memory: Minimum airspeed at which directional control can be maintained with the critical engine inoperative... but I was having a hard time to understand what am I showing by performing the Vmc maneuver.. I was in a learning curve with that topic.
When I arrived home I found a cool video that every aspiring multi engine pilot, commercial or private should watch. It is 1 hour and 44 mins long but it is totally worth it. It helped me break the barrier of some multi engine concepts that I didn't understand well. It is a lecture given by Designated Examiner Leslie Henninger on what she expects to see on multi engine checkrides

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1868936227169608345

 The school was closed today so no flight. A cold front is passing through Georgia at this moment and is going to bring the lowest temperatures of this year so far. Tomorrow I fly and Tuesday is my checkride, it is supposed to be clear both days but is going to be very very very windy. So we'll see.
Today I ran a 10k, I also love running. PT Solutions Resolution 10k and I did a gun time of 1:03:40, still awaiting for my chip time. I am gaining some weight so I need to find time for running during this winter.


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