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Old 07-18-2003 | 04:21 PM
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Default It flew and I did too !

Finally got with my instructor (bad weather grr) and got out to the field today with my Avistar.

He looked it over pretty good, we fueld it up, and he took off - couple clicks of trim and then he looped it, did some rolls, tried out some stalls etc..

Then landed and put me on the buddy box, it was my first flight on my avistar but my 2nd on the buddy box overall.

Did the pattern for a while, then we did glides, power climbs and some stalls.

Landed, refueled and he took off and I took over again doing some pattern work - flying down the runway then he goes "Bring it low and slow down the runway and if it feels good just land it".

Well it felt good and I landed it, first on the main wheels then the nose wheel down it looked pretty damn good from my point of view for my first landing on my second flight.

He took it up again and we did a little more work and then he said "land it again" well this time wasn't as pretty. It was perfect till about 2 feet from the ground when I had to pick up one wing and I wasn't fast enough to pick up one wing and flare at the same time and it bounced like a foot in the air and then landed, but the prop didn't break at least.

What a blast - going back out in morning before the crowd gathers for some more work.