1 00:00:00,510 --> 00:00:01,620 Well, here we go again. 2 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:03,360 I'm getting more episodes out. 3 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:05,670 A lot has happened since I last published. 4 00:00:05,670 --> 00:00:08,040 So this is going to be fun to bring you up to speed. 5 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,020 We'll start here with an episode that gets me back in the air after an 11. 6 00:00:13,290 --> 00:00:13,920 Year. 7 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,090 Hiatus. 8 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:19,230 I know it's inexcusable, but here I am. 9 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,690 Enjoy episode 67. 10 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:23,220 Here we go again. 11 00:00:46,164 --> 00:00:48,084 Welcome back SBC listeners. 12 00:00:48,384 --> 00:00:52,134 As I said in the intro, a lot of stuff has happened since we last spoke. 13 00:00:52,614 --> 00:00:56,664 So over the next few episodes, I am sure I'll get you up to speed. 14 00:00:56,664 --> 00:00:59,934 But for now, I'll just give you some of the basics. 15 00:01:00,384 --> 00:01:04,854 After 11 years, I thought it was time to get back in the cockpit as PIC. 16 00:01:05,504 --> 00:01:07,064 And then do some more training. 17 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:12,284 So in early 2012, after having my private pilot license for almost four 18 00:01:12,284 --> 00:01:16,634 years and having a great time flying, I moved to San Diego with my family. 19 00:01:17,414 --> 00:01:21,014 I had to leave my awesome flight club when I did that here in Arizona. 20 00:01:21,584 --> 00:01:25,964 And then when I got to my new home near Carlsbad, California, I quickly 21 00:01:25,964 --> 00:01:27,734 joined, uh, another flight club there. 22 00:01:28,124 --> 00:01:31,064 I got checked out in a few of the airplanes in that club. 23 00:01:31,904 --> 00:01:35,954 But then my job got really, really demanding and I stopped flying for a while 24 00:01:35,954 --> 00:01:40,694 due to lack of time and funds and you know, all the reasons people stop flying. 25 00:01:41,354 --> 00:01:45,764 I also found that since I was covering all of Southern California for my work. 26 00:01:46,184 --> 00:01:49,094 That I was spending a lot of time on Southern Cal freeways. 27 00:01:49,544 --> 00:01:50,264 Instead of flying. 28 00:01:51,004 --> 00:01:54,214 , My family was having a great time at the beach and I was driving 29 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:57,244 three hours to a customer meeting first thing in the morning. 30 00:01:57,724 --> 00:02:02,584 So, so yeah, that's when my hiatus from flying first started. 31 00:02:03,244 --> 00:02:07,004 And once you've stopped for a while and you let the skills deteriorate. 32 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:10,354 It gets more and more daunting to get it going again. 33 00:02:11,134 --> 00:02:15,844 Two and a half years later, we moved back to Arizona and after a great 34 00:02:15,844 --> 00:02:20,914 time in, so Cal making lifelong friends and enjoying what must be the 35 00:02:20,914 --> 00:02:23,854 most amazing weather in the country. 36 00:02:25,084 --> 00:02:29,464 When we moved back, my sons were teenagers and we started spending all 37 00:02:29,464 --> 00:02:31,804 of our time and money on wakeboarding. 38 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:37,924 Uh, boats, dirt bikes, RVs for going to the dunes, all kinds of awesome stuff. 39 00:02:38,674 --> 00:02:41,794 But all of that awesome stuff, still relegated, flying to the 40 00:02:41,794 --> 00:02:43,774 proverbial back-burner if you will. 41 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:48,094 But it kept holding a huge place in my head. 42 00:02:49,024 --> 00:02:49,924 And in my heart. 43 00:02:50,794 --> 00:02:53,374 I know this is likely going to resonate with a lot of you out there. 44 00:02:53,374 --> 00:02:55,954 So you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. 45 00:02:56,914 --> 00:03:01,054 Well, I planned on getting back in the air a couple of years ago, and I even started 46 00:03:01,054 --> 00:03:03,334 releasing new episodes on the podcast. 47 00:03:03,724 --> 00:03:06,994 I took my boys who were then adults and our adults still, 48 00:03:07,024 --> 00:03:08,974 of course, to air venture. 49 00:03:08,974 --> 00:03:11,794 For the first time we did a bunch of features there. 50 00:03:11,794 --> 00:03:13,924 And then I was doing features on the podcast. 51 00:03:13,924 --> 00:03:17,644 I was interviewing a lot of folks who are involved in flight training before 52 00:03:17,644 --> 00:03:19,744 and after Oshkosh in one way or another. 53 00:03:20,254 --> 00:03:23,704 And one of my friends from years ago, I've known a long time who's 54 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:27,184 a captain at a major airline, he started a flight school here locally 55 00:03:27,184 --> 00:03:29,104 with his wife a few years earlier. 56 00:03:29,614 --> 00:03:33,724 So I reached out to see if he'd come on the podcast and talk about the experience 57 00:03:33,724 --> 00:03:36,964 of running a flight school and what he was seeing in the industry, and so on. 58 00:03:37,354 --> 00:03:40,774 He agreed immediately, but our schedules never really aligned 59 00:03:40,774 --> 00:03:41,824 and it just didn't happen. 60 00:03:42,274 --> 00:03:43,714 For months, it didn't happen. 61 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,654 And then something happened in my life. 62 00:03:47,134 --> 00:03:51,874 It was a catalyst and near the beginning of 2023, I had some major changes. 63 00:03:52,504 --> 00:03:56,254 And they happened all of a sudden I was working on my health at the time 64 00:03:56,254 --> 00:04:01,084 and my career and making decisions about my future, and I had a major 65 00:04:01,084 --> 00:04:03,064 change happen in my work and my career. 66 00:04:03,574 --> 00:04:08,074 I immediately decided it was time to jump back in and in a big way. 67 00:04:08,524 --> 00:04:11,884 And I also decided that I wanted to make aviation a big part of 68 00:04:11,884 --> 00:04:14,254 my future, not just my past. 69 00:04:14,984 --> 00:04:18,714 So I decided to start collecting ratings and certs at least to start with. 70 00:04:19,404 --> 00:04:23,904 But I had to start with just simply getting current and safe. 71 00:04:24,634 --> 00:04:27,754 So I went to see my friend at the flight school and he was 72 00:04:27,754 --> 00:04:32,554 thrilled for me and helped me get set up and start training again. 73 00:04:33,514 --> 00:04:37,804 I would definitely have some ups and downs as we do over the next 16 months 74 00:04:37,804 --> 00:04:42,364 or so, but I will say this, I've got a lot of content in the can, if you 75 00:04:42,364 --> 00:04:45,394 will ready to be edited and released. 76 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:47,164 So rest assured. 77 00:04:47,524 --> 00:04:50,614 I'm sure we'll have another 15 years or so of the podcast 78 00:04:50,614 --> 00:04:51,904 with huge breaks in between. 79 00:04:51,904 --> 00:04:52,534 No, I'm just kidding. 80 00:04:52,834 --> 00:04:53,554 We're not going to do that. 81 00:04:53,554 --> 00:04:54,604 We're going to try not to do that. 82 00:04:55,054 --> 00:04:59,314 But I am ready to start bringing you all back up to speed and bringing some 83 00:04:59,314 --> 00:05:01,204 great training content back to you. 84 00:05:02,064 --> 00:05:06,054 Bringing you along with me through the ups and downs, the triumphs 85 00:05:06,054 --> 00:05:10,674 and the defeats, as I do, all the way back to where I am now. 86 00:05:11,274 --> 00:05:12,264 So, where am I now? 87 00:05:12,894 --> 00:05:15,834 Well, I'm still having ups and downs as we do. 88 00:05:16,314 --> 00:05:20,094 Still learning a ton and working my way through my own aviation journey. 89 00:05:20,574 --> 00:05:23,994 But what this means for you is that it's time to start bringing you 90 00:05:23,994 --> 00:05:30,264 with me again and today we start that with the first half of my first 91 00:05:30,344 --> 00:05:32,214 come-back flight with an instructor. 92 00:05:32,844 --> 00:05:34,134 Why only the first half? 93 00:05:34,344 --> 00:05:38,634 Well, It's because this is a really perishable skill we have here. 94 00:05:39,264 --> 00:05:43,974 And after 11 years, it had basically vanished quite a bit for me. 95 00:05:44,304 --> 00:05:50,214 So this flight was so full of relearning and discovery that as I started 96 00:05:50,214 --> 00:05:54,594 editing it and started listening to it again, I realized how much of the 97 00:05:54,594 --> 00:05:56,454 flight I really wanted to leave in. 98 00:05:57,174 --> 00:06:01,884 So you can come along with me while I reconnect a whole bunch of synapses in my 99 00:06:01,884 --> 00:06:04,404 brain that had been lost along the way. 100 00:06:05,244 --> 00:06:09,534 So to make this episode not be over an hour or two. 101 00:06:09,894 --> 00:06:12,054 I decided to break it up into two pieces. 102 00:06:12,874 --> 00:06:16,744 I'm sure that we'll be able to speed up the episodes a bit as I get back into the 103 00:06:16,744 --> 00:06:21,934 training and release a few more episodes, but for this one, man, I was rusty. 104 00:06:22,654 --> 00:06:23,824 But it was a blast. 105 00:06:23,824 --> 00:06:25,114 It was to get back up there. 106 00:06:25,534 --> 00:06:27,784 Back in the cockpit back in the air. 107 00:06:28,704 --> 00:06:33,234 I remembered immediately why aviation would never leave my heart. 108 00:06:33,654 --> 00:06:37,164 This is an amazing thing that we get to do. 109 00:06:37,887 --> 00:06:40,857 And I realized I was still in love. 110 00:06:41,847 --> 00:06:46,227 I hope you enjoy the first part of my foray back into the fold. 111 00:06:46,497 --> 00:06:47,607 So let's get started. 112 00:06:48,027 --> 00:06:51,717 By the way my local airport that I'm talking about here and that I'd be flying 113 00:06:51,717 --> 00:06:55,467 out of is called Falcon field or K F F Z. 114 00:06:56,337 --> 00:06:58,317 It's one of two airports here in Mesa. 115 00:06:59,247 --> 00:07:04,077 And you'll note that as we go through more of my flights in these episodes, 116 00:07:04,077 --> 00:07:10,017 that when I fly south, I fly right over Chandler municipal, or K C H D. 117 00:07:10,467 --> 00:07:15,077 And if you're a long time listener, you'll recognize that as the home airport where 118 00:07:15,077 --> 00:07:17,837 I did my initial training back in 2008. 119 00:07:18,637 --> 00:07:22,147 That's another class Delta airport in the east valley of the Phoenix area. 120 00:07:22,147 --> 00:07:24,397 And we have quite a few airports around here. 121 00:07:24,817 --> 00:07:29,287 But now I'm flying out of Falcon, which is an airport I've always loved. 122 00:07:29,287 --> 00:07:30,187 It's busy. 123 00:07:30,637 --> 00:07:34,927 There's a lot of flight training and lots of other traffic that occurs 124 00:07:34,927 --> 00:07:36,877 there, but it's one of my favorites. 125 00:07:37,174 --> 00:07:40,204 And it always has been, since I've lived in Arizona, I've 126 00:07:40,204 --> 00:07:41,884 always lived somewhere near it. 127 00:07:42,274 --> 00:07:45,814 And I've always just loved the vibe at Falcon field. 128 00:07:46,234 --> 00:07:49,114 And it's only 10 or 15 minutes away from my current house, 129 00:07:49,114 --> 00:07:50,464 so that's pretty nice too. 130 00:07:51,311 --> 00:07:52,661 So as usual. 131 00:07:52,991 --> 00:07:56,571 We'll get started after getting back in the airplane and getting the ATIS. 132 00:07:57,221 --> 00:08:01,541 I was with an excellent young man named Ryan, my CFI, but just for my 133 00:08:01,541 --> 00:08:05,021 flight review, which would take a couple of flights if I remember right. 134 00:08:05,771 --> 00:08:10,511 Ryan was ready to head off to a regional airline, but his experience as a CFI 135 00:08:10,871 --> 00:08:14,981 and his demeanor was super helpful in helping me get back in the saddle. 136 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:16,211 Here you go. 137 00:08:18,573 --> 00:08:19,623 Is the compass working? 138 00:08:19,923 --> 00:08:23,443 It is, yeah, it's just missing the little, uh, plastic plate on the top. 139 00:08:23,443 --> 00:08:26,113 So basically whatever's on top of there is your heading it should say. 140 00:08:26,113 --> 00:08:29,593 And it's probably going to have to adjust a lot because I turned it around. 141 00:08:29,733 --> 00:08:30,103 Okay. 142 00:08:31,293 --> 00:08:31,603 Oops. 143 00:08:32,573 --> 00:08:33,293 That's the wrong thing. 144 00:08:33,343 --> 00:08:34,883 You're getting, you're getting warmer. 145 00:08:35,133 --> 00:08:35,433 Yep. 146 00:08:35,943 --> 00:08:39,213 Alright, so we are at 13, 13 it looks like. 147 00:08:39,293 --> 00:08:40,443 I'd call it about 130. 148 00:08:40,443 --> 00:08:41,933 Falcon Ground, Oxtra 149 00:08:41,933 --> 00:08:44,413 5841 at spot 5 with information November looking for a Chandler. 150 00:08:44,933 --> 00:08:45,503 Alright. 151 00:08:45,763 --> 00:08:46,423 Okay. 152 00:08:47,423 --> 00:08:49,453 And 153 00:08:49,453 --> 00:08:52,053 Uh, ATIS is first. 154 00:08:52,053 --> 00:08:53,033 Oh yeah, you're right. 155 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,423 We'll go ahead and get our ATIS here first. 156 00:08:55,423 --> 00:08:58,133 Uh, our frequency for that is one, one eight point two five. 157 00:08:58,503 --> 00:08:59,283 You can do it however you like. 158 00:08:59,283 --> 00:09:01,843 I like to use the bottom number two radio for your ATIS's and 159 00:09:01,843 --> 00:09:03,073 the top for stuff I'm talking on. 160 00:09:03,438 --> 00:09:03,798 Sounds good. 161 00:09:03,798 --> 00:09:06,498 Um, this comm here, it has two green lights on com. 162 00:09:06,498 --> 00:09:08,148 One means you're talking to and listening. 163 00:09:08,568 --> 00:09:11,028 This would be monitoring that over the top of that information. 164 00:09:11,028 --> 00:09:11,388 Contact. 165 00:09:11,983 --> 00:09:12,678 I put everything down here. 166 00:09:12,888 --> 00:09:15,378 All arrive contact tower on 1, 2, 4 0.6. 167 00:09:15,858 --> 00:09:16,788 Advise initial contact. 168 00:09:16,788 --> 00:09:17,448 You have information. 169 00:09:17,448 --> 00:09:17,898 November, 170 00:09:18,438 --> 00:09:20,388 November, November. 171 00:09:20,748 --> 00:09:22,533 Gotta get our altimeter and winds and runway 172 00:09:22,533 --> 00:09:23,243 Falcon tower information. 173 00:09:23,268 --> 00:09:24,828 November 1, 5 5, 4. 174 00:09:24,828 --> 00:09:26,118 Zulu wind, calm. 175 00:09:26,418 --> 00:09:28,248 Temperature three dew point minus one. 176 00:09:28,588 --> 00:09:29,888 Altimeter 3029. 177 00:09:30,038 --> 00:09:31,867 That 178 00:09:31,867 --> 00:09:39,181 is what it is. 179 00:09:39,181 --> 00:09:48,323 Cool, you good with that? 180 00:09:49,483 --> 00:09:51,953 Uh, yeah, winds calm, departing Runways 4. 181 00:09:52,043 --> 00:09:54,743 Yep, and go ahead and hit that bottom one, that'll move both your 182 00:09:54,743 --> 00:09:56,963 comms over. 183 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:57,133 This 184 00:09:57,133 --> 00:09:57,623 is 185 00:09:57,783 --> 00:09:58,233 ground? 186 00:09:58,453 --> 00:09:59,483 Yep, so 121. 187 00:09:59,543 --> 00:10:00,773 3 is ground and 124. 188 00:10:00,983 --> 00:10:01,883 6 is tower here. 189 00:10:01,893 --> 00:10:02,163 Okay. 190 00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:05,143 Uh, flight instruments. 191 00:10:05,173 --> 00:10:06,103 Okay, so we got this one. 192 00:10:06,103 --> 00:10:08,413 Does that jive with what you'll normally see? 193 00:10:08,413 --> 00:10:09,253 Yep, that's good enough. 194 00:10:09,313 --> 00:10:11,803 Our elevation here is 1, 195 00:10:11,803 --> 00:10:13,033 394 feet, so that's close enough. 196 00:10:13,033 --> 00:10:13,273 Okay. 197 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:17,543 And the ATIS did say 3029. 198 00:10:18,023 --> 00:10:19,373 Yep, so you got that set up. 199 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:20,923 I think it's 8, but 200 00:10:21,283 --> 00:10:22,013 Yeah, it's 8, so you 201 00:10:22,013 --> 00:10:22,753 gotta go up a little more. 202 00:10:25,453 --> 00:10:25,903 Okay. 203 00:10:27,123 --> 00:10:29,253 Um, airport diagram. 204 00:10:30,233 --> 00:10:31,113 I'll be your airport diagram. 205 00:10:31,113 --> 00:10:31,463 Thank you. 206 00:10:31,663 --> 00:10:33,183 You got one right in that pocket there. 207 00:10:33,723 --> 00:10:34,033 Okay. 208 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:36,383 Alright, 209 00:10:36,383 --> 00:10:36,993 I think we're 210 00:10:37,513 --> 00:10:37,913 Alright. 211 00:10:37,923 --> 00:10:38,633 ready to go. 212 00:10:39,043 --> 00:10:41,083 And we'll go ahead and pull up where that guy was sitting 213 00:10:41,083 --> 00:10:42,593 over there by that dashed line. 214 00:10:42,713 --> 00:10:43,273 Okay. 215 00:10:45,248 --> 00:10:47,518 Okay, let her move a little bit, maybe give your brakes a quick 216 00:10:47,568 --> 00:10:48,678 stop to make sure they work. 217 00:10:49,638 --> 00:10:53,128 Oh, and I do not have brakes on my side, so if I reach for the uh, 218 00:10:54,538 --> 00:10:56,468 If I reach for the parking brake, that's why I don't have brakes. 219 00:10:58,108 --> 00:11:00,428 Alright, clear to the left and to the right. 220 00:11:03,738 --> 00:11:06,448 Now we're just gonna stop up there before that dash line. 221 00:11:07,498 --> 00:11:10,798 You're not required to stop there, but it's just uh, we just stop here 222 00:11:10,798 --> 00:11:12,318 because they know where spot 3 is. 223 00:11:12,958 --> 00:11:13,868 That's what this is called? 224 00:11:13,988 --> 00:11:15,118 Oh, it's right there on the pavement. 225 00:11:15,118 --> 00:11:15,438 This is 226 00:11:15,438 --> 00:11:17,538 all a non movement area here, so you can do whatever. 227 00:11:18,778 --> 00:11:20,998 But we just stop here because when you say spot three, when you call 228 00:11:20,998 --> 00:11:21,708 them, they know where you are. 229 00:11:25,178 --> 00:11:25,888 Alrighty. 230 00:11:26,128 --> 00:11:26,818 Okay. 231 00:11:27,878 --> 00:11:31,778 So, it'll be, and you want to go ahead and put that back up to a thousand. 232 00:11:32,388 --> 00:11:33,488 Gear power when we're sitting here. 233 00:11:33,548 --> 00:11:35,758 Yeah, if you get it below about 900, the alternator will stop 234 00:11:35,758 --> 00:11:38,278 charging the battery and it'll start falling off the plugs eventually. 235 00:11:38,408 --> 00:11:38,808 Gotcha. 236 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,888 Alright, we'll go Falcon Ground, Red Rock 66. 237 00:11:42,408 --> 00:11:43,408 Where's my push to talk? 238 00:11:43,568 --> 00:11:44,338 It is right there. 239 00:11:44,638 --> 00:11:45,138 Okay. 240 00:11:45,508 --> 00:11:47,338 All right, just get ready for a theme here. 241 00:11:47,608 --> 00:11:50,968 I was not very comfortable after so long off, so I felt, and 242 00:11:50,968 --> 00:11:54,298 now that I'm listening, again, sounded like almost a new student. 243 00:11:54,928 --> 00:11:58,318 I had some good base knowledge and experience, but it was so far 244 00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:01,048 removed that I felt like I was starting almost from the ground up. 245 00:12:01,588 --> 00:12:06,688 I had about 220 hours at the time and I would rely on that experience as I 246 00:12:06,688 --> 00:12:11,128 relearned, but 220 is not very much in the big scheme of things, especially 247 00:12:11,158 --> 00:12:14,338 when it was all 11 to 15 years before. 248 00:12:14,711 --> 00:12:17,561 So I made my ground call and the controller surprised us 249 00:12:17,561 --> 00:12:18,761 with a pretty funny question. 250 00:12:19,121 --> 00:12:23,471 The flight school I was at had moved the airplanes all out to the tie-downs 251 00:12:23,471 --> 00:12:27,491 and on the flight line, instead of at, or near the hangar where the 252 00:12:27,491 --> 00:12:30,941 school was because of some sort of construction that was going on. 253 00:12:31,361 --> 00:12:34,781 So when we went out to a plane, it was either a pretty long 254 00:12:34,781 --> 00:12:36,431 walk or a golf cart ride. 255 00:12:36,851 --> 00:12:40,871 It was temporary maybe a month or so, but the planes were parked 256 00:12:40,871 --> 00:12:43,061 sort of out in front of the tower. 257 00:12:43,241 --> 00:12:46,631 So they saw us coming and going like crazy all day long. 258 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:47,628 Oh, yeah. 259 00:12:47,958 --> 00:12:48,738 Before I play it. 260 00:12:49,258 --> 00:12:52,588 , you'll hear in the background while we're having the back and forth, one 261 00:12:52,588 --> 00:12:55,618 of the instructors, one of the other instructors in a different airplane, 262 00:12:55,918 --> 00:12:57,328 I think tried to answer as well. 263 00:12:57,328 --> 00:12:58,378 You can hear it in the background. 264 00:12:58,378 --> 00:12:59,938 Anyway, this is a pretty funny exchange. 265 00:13:00,443 --> 00:13:00,983 Here it is. 266 00:13:01,803 --> 00:13:08,023 Falcon Ground, Red Rock 66, at spot 3 with November, requesting north departure. 267 00:13:08,233 --> 00:13:09,093 What's 268 00:13:09,093 --> 00:13:13,883 Rock 66 Falcon, uh, ground. 269 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:17,513 How long does it take you to walk over to your plane? 270 00:13:19,433 --> 00:13:21,923 Depends on if we have the cart or we're using our feet. 271 00:13:22,683 --> 00:13:24,543 I saw you guys using your feet this morning. 272 00:13:26,313 --> 00:13:27,553 We sit in planes all day. 273 00:13:27,713 --> 00:13:29,313 Anyways, we need to walk once in a while. 274 00:13:29,313 --> 00:13:30,463 About 7 minutes. 275 00:13:30,753 --> 00:13:32,763 How long does it take you to walk from the building over there? 276 00:13:32,763 --> 00:13:33,603 Oh, 277 00:13:35,283 --> 00:13:36,783 about 7 8 minutes probably. 278 00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:42,815 Okay, I guess you guys need the exercise. 279 00:13:42,815 --> 00:13:45,548 Runway four right taxi via Delta Red Rock 66. 280 00:13:46,698 --> 00:13:47,748 Four right via Delta Red Rock 66. 281 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:49,418 Alright. 282 00:13:50,748 --> 00:13:51,958 That's the first time I heard that one. 283 00:13:52,088 --> 00:13:52,358 Yeah. 284 00:13:53,864 --> 00:13:55,394 So, yeah, that was a good time. 285 00:13:55,754 --> 00:14:00,764 I'm glad with even an extremely busy airport and controllers who are not only 286 00:14:00,764 --> 00:14:04,994 busy, but perpetually shorthanded, they still have a little fun with the pilots. 287 00:14:05,024 --> 00:14:07,604 And, speaking of busy, let's talk about that for a minute. 288 00:14:08,054 --> 00:14:12,614 As you hear me training here more and more over the next episodes, you'll hear how 289 00:14:12,614 --> 00:14:16,994 busy it is, but a quick search shows it's definitely in the top 10 of the country's 290 00:14:16,994 --> 00:14:18,914 busiest, general aviation airports. 291 00:14:19,214 --> 00:14:22,154 In fact, at least three of the top 10 are in the Phoenix area. 292 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:24,874 It's definitely a popular place to flight train. 293 00:14:25,034 --> 00:14:28,274 So there's a lot of traffic from that as well as all the other normal traffic. 294 00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:32,804 Anyway, glad these overworked controllers take a moment to have fun sometimes. 295 00:14:33,284 --> 00:14:37,774 So then we taxied out to the run-up area near the approach end of runway 4R? 296 00:14:40,592 --> 00:14:40,912 Okay. 297 00:14:41,912 --> 00:14:43,892 So you just leave it and use brakes then? 298 00:14:44,172 --> 00:14:45,322 You leave it at 1, 000? 299 00:14:45,322 --> 00:14:47,222 Even though I would normally pull it back here? 300 00:14:47,242 --> 00:14:48,322 No, once I get going, 301 00:14:48,852 --> 00:14:51,082 I like to keep it between nine hundred and a thousand I don't 302 00:14:51,082 --> 00:14:52,272 like pulling it that low. 303 00:14:52,812 --> 00:14:56,202 Because uh, in the summer it'll foul up your plugs real fast, how hot it is. 304 00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:58,402 Just a lot of brakes, I guess. 305 00:14:59,342 --> 00:15:00,612 Alright, she said Delta, right? 306 00:15:00,642 --> 00:15:01,322 Yes sir. 307 00:15:04,452 --> 00:15:07,772 You'll see, once you get slowing, you can pretty much keep it at 900 and it'll, 308 00:15:08,172 --> 00:15:09,402 you don't need to ride the brakes much. 309 00:15:09,432 --> 00:15:09,812 Okay. 310 00:15:11,182 --> 00:15:14,102 And once I do need to slow down a bit, I just add brakes to about a 311 00:15:14,102 --> 00:15:15,582 walking speed, then let go of them. 312 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:16,062 Okay. 313 00:15:16,292 --> 00:15:16,892 And keep it going. 314 00:15:17,142 --> 00:15:19,727 But, right here is, Trying to get 315 00:15:19,727 --> 00:15:20,347 the sight picture. 316 00:15:20,347 --> 00:15:22,177 Help me, help me with the nose wheel. 317 00:15:22,177 --> 00:15:22,697 Am I on? 318 00:15:23,347 --> 00:15:23,857 Yes. 319 00:15:23,927 --> 00:15:24,247 Okay. 320 00:15:24,627 --> 00:15:27,497 Basically, take that yellow line, pretend it's coming inside the cockpit, 321 00:15:27,497 --> 00:15:28,587 and keep it on your inside leg. 322 00:15:28,617 --> 00:15:30,357 That'll keep your right smack dab on the middle. 323 00:15:30,447 --> 00:15:30,957 All right, good. 324 00:15:31,957 --> 00:15:33,107 Lower down a little bit. 325 00:15:34,107 --> 00:15:36,407 All right, not this left right here, but the next one. 326 00:15:36,407 --> 00:15:37,767 We're gonna go and pull in here. 327 00:15:37,897 --> 00:15:38,527 It says run up. 328 00:15:38,807 --> 00:15:39,697 Oops, my bad. 329 00:15:39,697 --> 00:15:41,417 Go ahead and start slowing down here a little bit. 330 00:15:44,957 --> 00:15:46,427 Okay, so just follow the line. 331 00:15:46,487 --> 00:15:47,207 Keep following it. 332 00:15:48,577 --> 00:15:51,277 And we're just gonna pull up into one of these stalls next to these guys. 333 00:15:52,547 --> 00:15:53,197 Oh, I see. 334 00:15:53,347 --> 00:15:53,787 Okay. 335 00:15:53,867 --> 00:15:55,197 Okay, these are just run up areas. 336 00:15:56,197 --> 00:15:57,437 Really doesn't matter, right? 337 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,897 Nah, you can take any one you want. 338 00:16:00,287 --> 00:16:01,617 Whichever one you're feeling like. 339 00:16:01,667 --> 00:16:02,407 I'm feeling this one. 340 00:16:02,417 --> 00:16:03,967 Ah, yeah, this, this one looks nice. 341 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:05,887 Looks comfortable. 342 00:16:05,937 --> 00:16:08,107 And just out before the dash line there again. 343 00:16:09,407 --> 00:16:15,227 So, as you heard, I'm doing things as simple as asking for help to get the site 344 00:16:15,227 --> 00:16:19,127 picture for what it looks like in these planes, when you're on center line taxing. 345 00:16:19,427 --> 00:16:20,477 Pretty basic stuff. 346 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:22,547 So about the airplanes I'd be flying. 347 00:16:22,907 --> 00:16:26,057 If you remember from my initial training, I learned to fly in Piper 348 00:16:26,057 --> 00:16:29,207 Cherokees, PA-28-161 models, mostly. 349 00:16:29,777 --> 00:16:32,717 They were from the early eighties for the most part, maybe a couple 350 00:16:32,717 --> 00:16:34,577 from the late seventies, then. 351 00:16:34,937 --> 00:16:39,737 Later in my career, after getting my cert, I joined a local flying club, and 352 00:16:39,767 --> 00:16:42,257 back then that club only had Cessnas. 353 00:16:42,337 --> 00:16:45,017 Two 182s and a 172 SP. 354 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:50,387 So by the time I was back to this flight, most of my time had been accumulated 355 00:16:50,387 --> 00:16:55,457 in a 182, which is a type that I really, really love even to this day. 356 00:16:55,817 --> 00:17:02,117 Well, the school uses mostly PA-28-180s, the extra power is nice out here 357 00:17:02,117 --> 00:17:06,507 in the desert when it gets hot, but you'll notice that they are not 181s. 358 00:17:06,947 --> 00:17:11,867 These are mostly sixties era airplanes, and they are well used 359 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,577 in a very busy flight school. 360 00:17:13,997 --> 00:17:18,587 They are airworthy of course, but they are not going to win any beauty contests. 361 00:17:18,587 --> 00:17:19,367 Let's put it that way. 362 00:17:20,157 --> 00:17:22,977 But you'll hear coming up a pretty funny situation. 363 00:17:22,977 --> 00:17:27,247 I had to get over where my muscle memory was thwarting my ability 364 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:28,567 to fly these older planes. 365 00:17:28,937 --> 00:17:29,987 We'll get to that in a minute. 366 00:17:30,227 --> 00:17:35,477 For now we do the run-up back in a PA 28 for the first time in about 13 years. 367 00:17:37,269 --> 00:17:38,769 Alright, we're gonna need a run up. 368 00:17:41,129 --> 00:17:41,829 Parking brake. 369 00:17:42,579 --> 00:17:43,029 And up. 370 00:17:43,719 --> 00:17:44,559 Mixture rich. 371 00:17:45,049 --> 00:17:45,719 Do we want it rich? 372 00:17:45,729 --> 00:17:45,999 Yep, 373 00:17:46,059 --> 00:17:47,009 you can go all the way rich. 374 00:17:47,009 --> 00:17:47,749 Okay. 375 00:17:47,749 --> 00:17:49,859 Flight controls. 376 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:54,374 Cleared the right side and going to, uh I believe it's Falcon Aviation. 377 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:57,844 Up on this side, down on that side. 378 00:17:57,934 --> 00:17:59,194 Delta Tango, Falcon. 379 00:17:59,514 --> 00:18:00,244 Are you correct? 380 00:18:00,534 --> 00:18:01,364 Roger, stand by. 381 00:18:02,924 --> 00:18:04,904 Throttle 2, 000. 382 00:18:04,904 --> 00:18:06,214 I wish you had brakes too. 383 00:18:06,684 --> 00:18:07,674 Nope, I can hold 384 00:18:07,674 --> 00:18:10,904 your, uh, parking brake. 385 00:18:11,904 --> 00:18:13,008 Uh, Magnetos. 386 00:18:13,008 --> 00:18:14,675 Right there. 387 00:18:14,675 --> 00:18:15,509 About 388 00:18:15,509 --> 00:18:17,176 a hundred. 389 00:18:17,176 --> 00:18:20,511 And About seventy five. 390 00:18:20,511 --> 00:18:23,846 Look good to you? 391 00:18:23,846 --> 00:18:28,014 Yeah, looks good to me. 392 00:18:29,074 --> 00:18:29,324 Uh, 393 00:18:29,324 --> 00:18:29,984 carb heat. 394 00:18:29,984 --> 00:18:33,609 Drop. 395 00:18:33,609 --> 00:18:35,489 I'm waiting for you. 396 00:18:35,489 --> 00:18:39,909 Uh, that ammeter reads so barely above zero you can't tell. 397 00:18:39,999 --> 00:18:42,319 But right here is a battery voltage meter. 398 00:18:42,709 --> 00:18:44,159 If you're anywhere around 14, you're good. 399 00:18:44,159 --> 00:18:46,169 If you see it constantly going down, you know you got an issue. 400 00:18:46,299 --> 00:18:47,199 Alright, thank you. 401 00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:48,049 Vacuum. 402 00:18:48,989 --> 00:18:51,749 Right there, we're looking for anywhere between 4 and 6. 403 00:18:51,899 --> 00:18:53,119 Alright, we're at 5. 404 00:18:53,629 --> 00:18:55,079 Oil and fuel gauges. 405 00:18:55,099 --> 00:18:56,949 Our oil temperature's still low. 406 00:18:57,209 --> 00:18:58,279 Oil pressure's good. 407 00:18:58,809 --> 00:18:59,459 Fuel's good. 408 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:01,639 Throttle, back to idle. 409 00:19:02,029 --> 00:19:02,294 a thousand. 410 00:19:05,294 --> 00:19:06,364 Pull her all the way out. 411 00:19:06,364 --> 00:19:09,014 Can't pull it anymore, we're just making sure it's not going to die on us. 412 00:19:09,474 --> 00:19:10,404 Oh, you want to pull it all the way out? 413 00:19:10,404 --> 00:19:10,904 Yeah, pull it all the way 414 00:19:10,904 --> 00:19:12,744 out to idle and just make sure it keeps running. 415 00:19:12,944 --> 00:19:13,314 Okay. 416 00:19:13,384 --> 00:19:15,274 And then once you know it will, then go up to a thousand. 417 00:19:18,354 --> 00:19:21,204 And this isn't on the checklist, but I always re lean it after my run up. 418 00:19:22,384 --> 00:19:24,344 Because, uh, that's about good. 419 00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:27,764 Most of the time here, you'll sit in line behind ten other people in line. 420 00:19:27,914 --> 00:19:28,174 Yeah. 421 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:30,384 And if you sit there idling forever, It'll foul it up. 422 00:19:30,394 --> 00:19:32,494 It'll foul up your plugs, and you'll go to take off and be like, 423 00:19:32,494 --> 00:19:33,804 oh my god, my engine's dying. 424 00:19:34,624 --> 00:19:36,924 But your plugs are just stuffed full of lead. 425 00:19:37,904 --> 00:19:38,884 Alright, flight instruments. 426 00:19:39,904 --> 00:19:40,854 That looks good. 427 00:19:41,384 --> 00:19:42,114 We're at zero. 428 00:19:43,534 --> 00:19:45,124 Uh, it doesn't really match anymore. 429 00:19:45,304 --> 00:19:47,284 About three, yeah, usually Oscar, uh, 430 00:19:47,284 --> 00:19:48,471 gets a little bit 431 00:19:48,471 --> 00:19:49,658 off of it, yeah. 432 00:19:49,658 --> 00:19:50,844 Vacuum took a while. 433 00:19:50,844 --> 00:19:51,734 We're at 300. 434 00:19:52,214 --> 00:19:54,504 Those heading indicators constantly process when you turn. 435 00:19:57,324 --> 00:19:59,514 Man, you can't get it to stop where you want it. 436 00:19:59,514 --> 00:19:59,934 Yeah, it's good 437 00:19:59,934 --> 00:20:00,074 enough. 438 00:20:00,074 --> 00:20:00,664 It's good enough. 439 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:04,724 Uh, any other flight instruments I need to check? 440 00:20:04,854 --> 00:20:06,524 I always just look over everything one more time. 441 00:20:06,534 --> 00:20:08,254 Airspeed, that, altimeter. 442 00:20:08,849 --> 00:20:09,389 I'll look at that. 443 00:20:09,569 --> 00:20:12,359 Mostly this is the only one that moves, but I just look at everything. 444 00:20:12,869 --> 00:20:13,129 Okay. 445 00:20:13,329 --> 00:20:16,529 Transponder is 1, 200. 446 00:20:16,529 --> 00:20:18,069 And we want to go to altitude, right? 447 00:20:18,079 --> 00:20:18,299 That'll 448 00:20:18,309 --> 00:20:20,539 automatically cycle to altitude once you take off. 449 00:20:21,339 --> 00:20:22,199 Automation. 450 00:20:22,439 --> 00:20:22,769 Yep. 451 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,109 Uh, before takeoff brief. 452 00:20:25,599 --> 00:20:26,019 Alright. 453 00:20:26,019 --> 00:20:26,739 Doing a normal takeoff? 454 00:20:27,099 --> 00:20:28,109 Normal takeoff. 455 00:20:28,209 --> 00:20:31,199 If, uh, anything happens on the runway, we'll come to a stop, get off. 456 00:20:31,669 --> 00:20:35,619 Uh, anything off the runway and we can't turn back, we got golf courses 457 00:20:35,809 --> 00:20:38,419 right off the ends of the runways or we got McDowell Road which is pretty 458 00:20:38,419 --> 00:20:39,759 wide and usually not very busy. 459 00:20:40,179 --> 00:20:42,519 Thousand feet or higher, we'll make a 180 and we'll land on 460 00:20:42,539 --> 00:20:44,469 22 right facing to the south. 461 00:20:44,829 --> 00:20:45,059 Okay. 462 00:20:45,929 --> 00:20:49,074 That's usually how I like to My game plan. 463 00:20:49,254 --> 00:20:49,674 All right. 464 00:20:49,824 --> 00:20:50,994 And radio's set. 465 00:20:51,294 --> 00:20:51,504 Cool. 466 00:20:51,594 --> 00:20:53,064 So you can go flip over to tower now. 467 00:20:53,064 --> 00:20:55,044 We were cleared to taxi all the way down to the runway. 468 00:20:55,044 --> 00:20:56,604 This is just pit stop along the way. 469 00:20:56,814 --> 00:20:57,054 Okay. 470 00:20:57,474 --> 00:20:59,874 And then I always put the next frequency we're gonna use 471 00:20:59,874 --> 00:21:01,104 too, just to have it ready. 472 00:21:01,109 --> 00:21:05,124 So we're going onto to the north practice area, and that's 1 2, 2 0.75. 473 00:21:05,814 --> 00:21:06,624 These, those guys. 474 00:21:08,244 --> 00:21:09,589 Four at Cliff Takeoff, 1890. 475 00:21:11,484 --> 00:21:11,834 There you go. 476 00:21:12,044 --> 00:21:12,204 Perfect. 477 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,314 122. 478 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:15,154 75, radios are set. 479 00:21:17,304 --> 00:21:19,544 We don't do the before takeoff until we get down there, right? 480 00:21:20,244 --> 00:21:23,794 I usually do it if I'm going to be number one down there, but that guy 481 00:21:23,794 --> 00:21:27,024 might be taxiing out by the time we get there, so I would just do it here. 482 00:21:27,314 --> 00:21:28,464 Okay, so fuel pump on. 483 00:21:29,244 --> 00:21:30,184 You okay with it on now? 484 00:21:30,214 --> 00:21:30,524 Yes sir. 485 00:21:30,524 --> 00:21:33,344 That's not it. 486 00:21:33,344 --> 00:21:34,284 Landing 487 00:21:34,284 --> 00:21:36,164 light on. 488 00:21:36,814 --> 00:21:39,404 And the only thing I wait to do is my mixture, I leave that. 489 00:21:39,484 --> 00:21:40,334 Yep, okay. 490 00:21:41,084 --> 00:21:41,584 Flaps? 491 00:21:42,124 --> 00:21:44,174 Uh, we don't do any flaps for a normal takeoff. 492 00:21:44,684 --> 00:21:47,384 Mixture, we'll do that, and door is secured? 493 00:21:47,444 --> 00:21:48,174 Yes sir. 494 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:52,294 So, our takeoff checklist is done. 495 00:21:52,304 --> 00:21:52,444 We'll 496 00:21:54,634 --> 00:21:57,844 Okay, so we're ready to head up to the runway and hold short. 497 00:21:58,024 --> 00:21:58,564 Here you go. 498 00:22:00,135 --> 00:22:02,635 get out on the runway there, you need your feet off the brakes. 499 00:22:02,695 --> 00:22:06,045 Uh, please keep one hand on the yoke and one hand on the throttle the 500 00:22:06,045 --> 00:22:07,425 whole entire way down the runway. 501 00:22:07,685 --> 00:22:09,735 And for about the first few hundred feet that we climb up. 502 00:22:09,905 --> 00:22:10,175 Sure. 503 00:22:10,195 --> 00:22:12,955 We rotate at 60 miles an hour and we climb at 85. 504 00:22:13,175 --> 00:22:14,545 Alright, this is miles per hour? 505 00:22:14,595 --> 00:22:15,155 Yes sir. 506 00:22:15,195 --> 00:22:15,465 Okay. 507 00:22:16,955 --> 00:22:19,345 I just like to pop her off the ground and just keep the nose on the 508 00:22:19,345 --> 00:22:20,785 horizon for a bit so you can see. 509 00:22:21,545 --> 00:22:23,925 And, uh, it takes, it takes a few seconds to gain speed. 510 00:22:23,995 --> 00:22:24,315 Tell me, 511 00:22:24,315 --> 00:22:26,295 like, tell me the climb out, climb out speed again. 512 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:26,515 It's 513 00:22:26,515 --> 00:22:26,535 85. 514 00:22:26,535 --> 00:22:27,655 85. 515 00:22:27,665 --> 00:22:27,805 Yes sir. 516 00:22:27,815 --> 00:22:28,855 Okay, is that VY? 517 00:22:28,945 --> 00:22:29,495 Yes sir. 518 00:22:29,635 --> 00:22:29,795 Okay. 519 00:22:32,515 --> 00:22:34,055 60 and 85. 520 00:22:34,505 --> 00:22:35,005 Yippers. 521 00:22:36,340 --> 00:22:37,750 And checklists complete. 522 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,540 And at the whole Shortline, we're good to go. 523 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:41,950 Here's the takeoff and climb out. 524 00:22:43,791 --> 00:22:44,731 They beat us up here. 525 00:22:45,141 --> 00:22:45,501 Yeah. 526 00:22:45,531 --> 00:22:47,961 Red Rock 53 factor, fly straight out, runway four right, cleared for takeoff. 527 00:22:48,031 --> 00:22:48,121 Red 528 00:22:50,521 --> 00:22:52,766 Rock 53 , clear for takeoff. 529 00:22:53,246 --> 00:22:53,756 Straight out. 530 00:22:55,096 --> 00:22:55,506 Foreright. 531 00:22:56,506 --> 00:22:57,316 Go to the hold short? 532 00:22:57,696 --> 00:22:57,906 Yep. 533 00:22:58,096 --> 00:22:58,406 Okay. 534 00:22:59,936 --> 00:23:02,546 I just like to stop so I can see the whole thing over my nose. 535 00:23:03,036 --> 00:23:04,456 Give yourself plenty of room. 536 00:23:05,936 --> 00:23:06,476 Can I hear her? 537 00:23:06,556 --> 00:23:07,696 Yeah, that's about good right there. 538 00:23:08,746 --> 00:23:09,886 Alright, you can just give them a shout. 539 00:23:10,426 --> 00:23:13,706 Uh, just, Falcon Tower, Red Rock 66, holding short of foreright. 540 00:23:15,946 --> 00:23:19,076 Falcon Tower, Red Rock 66, holding short foreright. 541 00:23:19,661 --> 00:23:20,061 Red Rock 542 00:23:24,041 --> 00:23:26,821 66 back there, fly straight out, Runway 4R, cleared for takeoff. 543 00:23:27,901 --> 00:23:30,661 Cleared for takeoff, fly straight out, Red Rock 66. 544 00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:32,561 Oh, I didn't say the runway. 545 00:23:32,591 --> 00:23:33,471 Yeah, he might ask 546 00:23:33,471 --> 00:23:33,491 you. 547 00:23:33,881 --> 00:23:35,651 But it doesn't sound like it, so keep going. 548 00:23:36,021 --> 00:23:37,431 Some of them ask you, some of them don't. 549 00:23:37,491 --> 00:23:37,871 Yeah. 550 00:23:37,931 --> 00:23:38,771 Alright, get your mixture there. 551 00:23:38,781 --> 00:23:39,781 That was improper. 552 00:23:40,971 --> 00:23:41,421 There you go. 553 00:23:43,531 --> 00:23:44,441 Alright, now do you want me to 554 00:23:44,441 --> 00:23:46,034 do a brief pause or just roll into it? 555 00:23:46,034 --> 00:23:47,021 No, you can just roll into it. 556 00:23:47,241 --> 00:23:48,001 Yep, just roll 557 00:23:48,001 --> 00:23:48,341 into it. 558 00:23:48,431 --> 00:23:51,011 Once you get out there, scoot those heels down to the floor though for 559 00:23:51,011 --> 00:23:52,381 me and get those feet off the brakes. 560 00:23:53,381 --> 00:23:53,981 Okay. 561 00:23:54,061 --> 00:23:54,641 Alrighty. 562 00:23:54,961 --> 00:23:55,671 There we go. 563 00:23:58,171 --> 00:23:58,601 All the way. 564 00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:03,191 And everything is in the green. 565 00:24:05,261 --> 00:24:05,371 Okay. 566 00:24:06,671 --> 00:24:09,571 And we're at 60. 567 00:24:09,571 --> 00:24:10,901 Nice smooth back pressure. 568 00:24:10,931 --> 00:24:12,391 Keep that bit of right rudder in there. 569 00:24:13,501 --> 00:24:14,311 Keep pulling her up. 570 00:24:15,171 --> 00:24:15,621 There you go. 571 00:24:15,631 --> 00:24:16,301 There we go. 572 00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:18,551 And 85. 573 00:24:18,551 --> 00:24:19,511 Connection three, left turn first. 574 00:24:20,941 --> 00:24:21,131 Nice 575 00:24:21,131 --> 00:24:21,391 job. 576 00:24:22,841 --> 00:24:23,191 Oops. 577 00:24:23,321 --> 00:24:25,701 Is it pulling on you pretty hard or does it feel alright? 578 00:24:26,171 --> 00:24:26,661 It's okay. 579 00:24:26,761 --> 00:24:27,071 Okay. 580 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:30,851 I'll reset it here in a second. 581 00:24:30,861 --> 00:24:31,721 Sounds good. 582 00:24:35,626 --> 00:24:36,556 I'm all over the place. 583 00:24:36,616 --> 00:24:37,376 You're fine! 584 00:24:37,596 --> 00:24:38,336 You're doing good! 585 00:24:39,741 --> 00:24:40,161 Okay. 586 00:24:40,161 --> 00:24:43,971 So remember I was back in a Piper after quite awhile, but 587 00:24:43,971 --> 00:24:47,361 not only that I had never flown a Cherokee from the sixties before. 588 00:24:47,841 --> 00:24:51,021 In the Cherokees I had flown the trim wheel was on the center 589 00:24:51,321 --> 00:24:53,661 console down by the flap handle. 590 00:24:54,021 --> 00:24:57,711 And in the Cessnas, it's in a relatively similar place on 591 00:24:57,711 --> 00:24:59,211 the lower portion of the panel. 592 00:24:59,481 --> 00:25:00,321 , in the center. 593 00:25:00,801 --> 00:25:04,176 On these older PA 28s, the trim handle looks like the 594 00:25:04,176 --> 00:25:07,986 old time car, window cranks. 595 00:25:08,623 --> 00:25:12,313 Uh, , those crank handles and it's overhead on the ceiling in 596 00:25:12,313 --> 00:25:13,933 the middle between the pilots. 597 00:25:14,383 --> 00:25:19,033 I reverted to my primacy of learning and all of my experience and when I 598 00:25:19,033 --> 00:25:21,823 go to trim I would reach down, not up. 599 00:25:22,243 --> 00:25:27,703 The crazy thing was I kept doing it and it wasn't obvious which way to crank the, 600 00:25:28,063 --> 00:25:31,723 to lower or raise the nose with trim. 601 00:25:31,993 --> 00:25:33,523 Since it's a horizontal crank. 602 00:25:34,423 --> 00:25:36,253 I figured it out within a few flights. 603 00:25:36,673 --> 00:25:40,033 But we had a good laugh at my expense every time I would reach down to 604 00:25:40,033 --> 00:25:42,403 trim and nothing was there to turn. 605 00:25:44,767 --> 00:25:45,457 Looking great! 606 00:25:45,947 --> 00:25:46,907 Okay. 607 00:25:47,917 --> 00:25:49,217 Just need a little where is that? 608 00:25:50,207 --> 00:25:50,397 It's up 609 00:25:50,457 --> 00:25:51,137 under your ceiling. 610 00:25:52,197 --> 00:25:53,387 You Cessna, boys. 611 00:25:55,357 --> 00:25:56,847 That was just pure muscle memory. 612 00:25:57,037 --> 00:25:59,037 Which way is, uh, forward? 613 00:25:59,597 --> 00:25:59,817 Just 614 00:25:59,827 --> 00:26:00,987 swivel it and see what it does. 615 00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:02,377 That's 616 00:26:02,387 --> 00:26:02,607 the wrong 617 00:26:02,617 --> 00:26:02,807 way. 618 00:26:02,807 --> 00:26:03,627 Okay. 619 00:26:03,627 --> 00:26:04,447 Red 620 00:26:04,447 --> 00:26:06,277 X 66, left turn for 621 00:26:07,202 --> 00:26:07,572 That's you. 622 00:26:07,872 --> 00:26:08,022 Yep. 623 00:26:08,622 --> 00:26:10,572 Left turn approved, Red Rock 66. 624 00:26:11,712 --> 00:26:14,562 I've got over a thousand hours in these and I still don't know 625 00:26:14,562 --> 00:26:15,752 which way is which with the trim. 626 00:26:15,792 --> 00:26:18,742 I just give it a couple swivels, shit, wrong way, then I go the other way. 627 00:26:19,032 --> 00:26:20,182 We went ahead due north. 628 00:26:20,332 --> 00:26:22,602 Uh, you see where all those houses are out there in like the 629 00:26:22,602 --> 00:26:23,502 foothills of those mountains? 630 00:26:23,632 --> 00:26:24,452 That's uh, Fountain Hills. 631 00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:26,462 That's where we usually point when we got to North practice area. 632 00:26:26,482 --> 00:26:28,432 So, you see where they go? 633 00:26:28,492 --> 00:26:29,502 Those guys right ahead of us? 634 00:26:29,877 --> 00:26:30,387 Yes sir. 635 00:26:30,387 --> 00:26:31,077 About 11 o'clock. 636 00:26:31,077 --> 00:26:31,527 Just follow them. 637 00:26:31,887 --> 00:26:32,037 Okay. 638 00:26:32,637 --> 00:26:34,527 And we're gonna go up to 3,700 feet. 639 00:26:34,797 --> 00:26:36,057 3,700? 640 00:26:36,057 --> 00:26:36,297 Yep. 641 00:26:36,417 --> 00:26:38,577 We're under a 4,000 foot Bravo shelf right now. 642 00:26:38,577 --> 00:26:38,817 Sure. 643 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:42,987 So we usually do 37 going out and 33 come back in just 'cause so many people 644 00:26:42,987 --> 00:26:44,487 funnel in and outta the same place. 645 00:26:44,787 --> 00:26:46,797 Or sorry, four right at in your head on. 646 00:26:46,797 --> 00:26:50,487 So it just kind of keeps you, you know, not on a head-on collision course. 647 00:26:51,297 --> 00:26:51,537 Gotcha. 648 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:53,007 Coming 649 00:26:53,007 --> 00:26:53,217 back. 650 00:26:53,217 --> 00:26:53,487 You do 651 00:26:53,487 --> 00:26:54,147 what we do. 652 00:26:54,147 --> 00:26:56,187 33 coming in 33 and 30 going out. 653 00:26:56,277 --> 00:26:56,397 Yep. 654 00:26:56,942 --> 00:26:59,352 And when you're ready, get your after takeoff there real quick. 655 00:26:59,432 --> 00:26:59,832 Oh yeah. 656 00:27:00,832 --> 00:27:02,532 Oh, it's nice and smooth out here. 657 00:27:02,632 --> 00:27:03,082 Yeah, 658 00:27:03,372 --> 00:27:04,912 you wouldn't know it from my takeoff though. 659 00:27:07,662 --> 00:27:08,202 After takeoff, 660 00:27:08,772 --> 00:27:16,752 flaps, zero, mixture, rich, landing light off, and pump off probably. 661 00:27:17,262 --> 00:27:18,572 Yeah, yeah, you can go ahead and turn 662 00:27:18,592 --> 00:27:19,132 to zero. 663 00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:22,412 Still have fuel pressure, 664 00:27:22,612 --> 00:27:22,732 airspeed, 665 00:27:24,222 --> 00:27:25,392 cruise climb, 100. 666 00:27:26,707 --> 00:27:27,787 After takeoff complete. 667 00:27:27,997 --> 00:27:29,547 Man, did you turn the autopilot on? 668 00:27:30,717 --> 00:27:31,767 Yeah, it's my feet. 669 00:27:34,647 --> 00:27:36,767 I'm a little fast at 90, are we okay? 670 00:27:36,957 --> 00:27:37,547 No, you're fine. 671 00:27:37,547 --> 00:27:38,047 The crew, 672 00:27:38,077 --> 00:27:40,307 it tells you on your after takeoff to pitch over to 100. 673 00:27:40,377 --> 00:27:40,667 Okay. 674 00:27:40,677 --> 00:27:41,737 So you can if you want. 675 00:27:42,867 --> 00:27:45,697 Usually when you're a little heavier, uh, like the plane, I 676 00:27:45,707 --> 00:27:49,187 shoot for about 90, because 100 you'll just basically barely climb. 677 00:27:49,327 --> 00:27:51,567 Yeah, but 95 or so, whatever's good. 678 00:27:52,177 --> 00:27:53,617 Just basically get the nose down far enough so you can 679 00:27:53,617 --> 00:27:55,037 see over the, uh, over it. 680 00:27:56,297 --> 00:27:56,937 Ah, look at you. 681 00:27:57,187 --> 00:27:57,927 Muscle memory. 682 00:28:00,564 --> 00:28:03,564 So we go out to the north practice area and he wanted to start me slow 683 00:28:03,564 --> 00:28:06,204 with just some regular old turns. 684 00:28:06,504 --> 00:28:07,104 Take a listen. 685 00:28:09,117 --> 00:28:09,547 Cool. 686 00:28:11,207 --> 00:28:11,947 All right. 687 00:28:12,347 --> 00:28:15,567 So you just want to give me a nice left 360. 688 00:28:16,587 --> 00:28:17,857 Just try and maintain your altitude. 689 00:28:17,867 --> 00:28:20,417 Do about maybe, I don't know, 30 degrees bank or so. 690 00:28:20,647 --> 00:28:21,147 30 degrees. 691 00:28:21,147 --> 00:28:21,867 All 692 00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:22,047 right. 693 00:28:23,587 --> 00:28:24,337 Do you do? 694 00:28:25,517 --> 00:28:25,647 Okay, 695 00:28:25,647 --> 00:28:26,127 let's see. 696 00:28:26,867 --> 00:28:28,057 Hey, we look clear to the left. 697 00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:30,807 Before I do any turns out here, so clear left, clear right. 698 00:28:31,137 --> 00:28:32,567 Or just the way you're turning, so clear left. 699 00:28:32,927 --> 00:28:33,087 Okay. 700 00:28:33,807 --> 00:28:34,527 Left turn. 701 00:28:34,827 --> 00:28:35,487 Gizzard. 702 00:28:36,597 --> 00:28:38,587 Just get into that bank and then just kind of work on using the 703 00:28:38,587 --> 00:28:40,007 horizon to keep yourself level. 704 00:28:40,177 --> 00:28:40,387 Yep. 705 00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:45,527 Let it do all the work for ya. 706 00:28:47,967 --> 00:28:49,447 And if you see you're getting a little, there you go. 707 00:28:49,557 --> 00:28:49,727 Yep. 708 00:28:50,727 --> 00:28:52,287 Trying to figure out the sight picture again. 709 00:28:52,457 --> 00:28:53,067 Yeah, you're good. 710 00:28:53,067 --> 00:28:54,417 That's why we're doing circles here. 711 00:28:54,447 --> 00:28:54,697 Oops, 712 00:28:54,747 --> 00:28:56,737 I let my turn out. 713 00:28:57,737 --> 00:28:59,237 I'll just give her a little more back pressure and a 714 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:00,397 little bit of a descent there. 715 00:29:00,487 --> 00:29:01,147 Oh, yeah. 716 00:29:03,957 --> 00:29:06,137 Kind of keep the ripple right on the horizon, right? 717 00:29:06,237 --> 00:29:06,607 Uh huh. 718 00:29:09,427 --> 00:29:12,277 Yeah, this one I think is a little more difficult to keep low than the 719 00:29:12,277 --> 00:29:16,117 other ones because this dash is all, you can't really, you can't see the 720 00:29:16,117 --> 00:29:19,167 nose where the other ones are set up nice and high, you can see the whole 721 00:29:19,167 --> 00:29:19,827 calendar. 722 00:29:19,827 --> 00:29:21,527 emergency descent, uh, northeast. 723 00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:23,137 Northeast 724 00:29:23,137 --> 00:29:27,477 practice, Red Rock 66 over Rio Verde community at 5, 500 circling northeast. 725 00:29:28,477 --> 00:29:29,717 Want me to roll out north again? 726 00:29:29,797 --> 00:29:31,487 Yeah, roll out north and then go back the other way. 727 00:29:32,307 --> 00:29:32,647 Okay. 728 00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:36,877 There's that little burble. 729 00:29:36,977 --> 00:29:38,607 Yeah, might have a wake of error there. 730 00:29:41,937 --> 00:29:42,787 Okay. 731 00:29:43,017 --> 00:29:43,417 Alright. 732 00:29:43,417 --> 00:29:43,697 Clear? 733 00:29:43,877 --> 00:29:44,647 Clear right. 734 00:29:44,677 --> 00:29:46,097 Northeast Pakistan Air, what's going on? 735 00:29:46,227 --> 00:29:53,887 500, just north of Dynamite Road, gonna be maneuvering northeastbound, northeast. 736 00:29:53,967 --> 00:29:56,437 Oh, this is totally different on this side. 737 00:29:56,437 --> 00:30:00,383 Yes 738 00:30:00,383 --> 00:30:08,277 it is. 739 00:30:08,277 --> 00:30:10,537 Oh, they're over Rio Verde at 5, 000. 740 00:30:11,357 --> 00:30:12,697 We'll keep an eye out for them. 741 00:30:13,697 --> 00:30:17,817 I've become such a wuss without sunglasses since I know, once I started wearing them. 742 00:30:18,247 --> 00:30:19,627 It would kill me, man. 743 00:30:19,637 --> 00:30:21,407 If there's any light out, I can't see. 744 00:30:22,407 --> 00:30:23,197 Alright. 745 00:30:23,477 --> 00:30:23,757 Roll 746 00:30:23,757 --> 00:30:25,037 out on north again there. 747 00:30:28,477 --> 00:30:29,427 Nice job! 748 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:31,987 That looked pretty good. 749 00:30:32,117 --> 00:30:33,227 It's nice, it's pretty still. 750 00:30:33,547 --> 00:30:33,837 Yeah! 751 00:30:34,407 --> 00:30:35,307 This thing is pretty stable. 752 00:30:35,307 --> 00:30:36,627 They fly like trucks. 753 00:30:37,227 --> 00:30:39,097 Alright, go ahead and give me a left turn at 240. 754 00:30:39,697 --> 00:30:40,697 Try to do the same amount of bank. 755 00:30:40,987 --> 00:30:42,297 240 at 30. 756 00:30:42,447 --> 00:30:42,737 Yep. 757 00:30:42,807 --> 00:30:43,447 Okay, 758 00:30:43,687 --> 00:30:43,827 it's 759 00:30:43,827 --> 00:30:44,477 clear. 760 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:47,887 And when you're rolling to your turn, relax a little bit on that left rudder. 761 00:30:48,167 --> 00:30:49,917 You don't really need it until you're actually in the turn. 762 00:30:50,177 --> 00:30:50,437 Okay. 763 00:30:50,757 --> 00:30:51,867 You barely need any. 764 00:30:52,867 --> 00:30:56,137 Northeast practice, Oxford 4263, simulator emergency landing, we're 765 00:30:56,137 --> 00:30:58,257 going to be on the north side of the Ah, a little too much right. 766 00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:00,117 Oops, I'm not on my heading. 767 00:31:01,017 --> 00:31:02,117 I rolled out on the street. 768 00:31:04,247 --> 00:31:04,977 I didn't see nothing. 769 00:31:07,907 --> 00:31:10,757 Alright, now let's go back to, uh, how about 770 00:31:10,757 --> 00:31:13,267 030? 771 00:31:13,267 --> 00:31:15,777 030. 772 00:31:17,594 --> 00:31:17,984 All right. 773 00:31:17,984 --> 00:31:22,124 So not too bad after all that time, but these were just turns for crying out loud. 774 00:31:22,484 --> 00:31:24,764 It was time to move on to a few other things. 775 00:31:25,034 --> 00:31:29,744 So Ryan wanted to demonstrate slow flight once and then have me try it. 776 00:31:33,247 --> 00:31:33,867 Beautiful. 777 00:31:33,997 --> 00:31:35,137 Okay, that's easy for you. 778 00:31:37,227 --> 00:31:38,937 Should we start with some slow flight? 779 00:31:39,617 --> 00:31:39,997 Sure. 780 00:31:40,197 --> 00:31:40,527 Go ahead and do that. 781 00:31:40,537 --> 00:31:41,267 You feel up for it? 782 00:31:41,537 --> 00:31:41,777 Yeah. 783 00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:42,477 Cool, cool. 784 00:31:42,937 --> 00:31:45,237 All right, so on your checklist, we got a pre maneuver checklist 785 00:31:45,247 --> 00:31:46,297 that we'll go through first. 786 00:31:47,067 --> 00:31:48,217 The clearing turns you can skip. 787 00:31:48,217 --> 00:31:50,297 We just, we'll call those all our clearing turns. 788 00:31:50,887 --> 00:31:51,917 Just need a little bit of 789 00:31:51,917 --> 00:31:52,477 trim here. 790 00:31:53,017 --> 00:31:53,257 Okay. 791 00:31:54,357 --> 00:31:54,627 Nope. 792 00:31:54,917 --> 00:31:55,277 Maybe. 793 00:31:55,617 --> 00:31:56,067 Maybe not. 794 00:31:57,977 --> 00:32:00,357 Okay, before, cruise, 795 00:32:00,877 --> 00:32:02,787 It's on like the very, there it is, the very back. 796 00:32:03,617 --> 00:32:05,417 Okay, clearing turns complete. 797 00:32:06,277 --> 00:32:06,777 Just did them. 798 00:32:07,877 --> 00:32:08,807 Fuel pump on. 799 00:32:10,837 --> 00:32:12,027 Landing light on. 800 00:32:12,237 --> 00:32:13,287 Nice. 801 00:32:13,727 --> 00:32:14,437 There we go. 802 00:32:15,077 --> 00:32:16,077 Mixture rich. 803 00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:16,977 Wanna do that? 804 00:32:17,057 --> 00:32:17,227 Yep. 805 00:32:17,227 --> 00:32:19,637 Carb heat. 806 00:32:20,587 --> 00:32:21,047 I don't know. 807 00:32:21,497 --> 00:32:22,027 Think we need it? 808 00:32:22,217 --> 00:32:26,027 No, we only use carpeet when we, yeah, we get, we use carpeet when we get car 809 00:32:26,047 --> 00:32:27,327 biasing, otherwise you leave it cold. 810 00:32:27,627 --> 00:32:28,117 Alright. 811 00:32:28,357 --> 00:32:29,457 And throttle. 812 00:32:29,797 --> 00:32:30,137 Okay. 813 00:32:30,137 --> 00:32:32,437 Alrighty. 814 00:32:32,437 --> 00:32:35,737 So, I'll go ahead and just kind of do it with you first, and just run 815 00:32:35,737 --> 00:32:36,907 you through our procedure to do it. 816 00:32:37,367 --> 00:32:39,927 So, what we're going to do, we're going to pick a starting heading, I don't really 817 00:32:39,927 --> 00:32:43,137 care about you maintaining your heading perfectly today, just kind of look at 818 00:32:43,137 --> 00:32:44,427 something out front and just point at it. 819 00:32:44,917 --> 00:32:46,667 I'll just kind of point out towards Bartlett here. 820 00:32:47,677 --> 00:32:49,807 Keep away from the mountains so we don't hit any bumps. 821 00:32:50,652 --> 00:32:52,332 We'll try and maintain about 5, 500 here. 822 00:32:52,842 --> 00:32:56,522 So first thing we're going to do, pull our power down to 2, 000 rpm. 823 00:32:57,042 --> 00:32:57,222 Okay. 824 00:32:57,562 --> 00:32:59,102 And then once we're at 100 miles an hour, we're going to get 825 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:00,352 our first notch of flaps in. 826 00:33:02,002 --> 00:33:02,522 There you go. 827 00:33:02,552 --> 00:33:05,102 So if you want to go and pull it, kind of feel it. 828 00:33:05,112 --> 00:33:06,532 First one doesn't really do much to you. 829 00:33:06,532 --> 00:33:08,192 The second one is the one that likes to blow you up. 830 00:33:08,552 --> 00:33:10,862 All right, then 90 miles an hour, we'll get our second notch. 831 00:33:10,932 --> 00:33:12,722 I'm a big fan of trim too. 832 00:33:12,852 --> 00:33:13,152 Oh yeah. 833 00:33:13,162 --> 00:33:14,242 Make it do the work for you. 834 00:33:14,562 --> 00:33:17,412 Uh, 835 00:33:19,792 --> 00:33:22,032 close enough, get 90 for the second notch. 836 00:33:23,512 --> 00:33:24,362 There we go. 837 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:25,562 Built that one a little more. 838 00:33:25,562 --> 00:33:28,392 And this is the one I swear to God it just stops on down, sometimes 839 00:33:28,392 --> 00:33:29,652 you gotta pull a little extra power. 840 00:33:30,302 --> 00:33:31,412 I get more trim in. 841 00:33:32,412 --> 00:33:33,742 And 80 you'll get your last. 842 00:33:34,072 --> 00:33:35,812 So it's just 190, 80 with the flaps. 843 00:33:37,162 --> 00:33:39,412 And then we'll go ahead and slow this sucker all the way down until 844 00:33:39,412 --> 00:33:40,872 we get a first indication of stall. 845 00:33:41,632 --> 00:33:43,792 Probably get it to about 55 miles an hour. 846 00:33:44,932 --> 00:33:47,432 And you're sitting at about 17? 847 00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:48,442 Yeah, it'll come down a 848 00:33:48,442 --> 00:33:50,092 little bit on its own while you slow down. 849 00:33:50,422 --> 00:33:52,082 Okay, just holding altitude. 850 00:33:52,082 --> 00:33:55,062 Yep, just holding altitude, and we're pretty much going to go till the stall 851 00:33:55,072 --> 00:33:58,402 light blinks, and we'll do our thing about five miles an hour above that. 852 00:33:58,922 --> 00:33:59,762 I'm not pulling. 853 00:33:59,812 --> 00:34:00,312 Yeah, you're good. 854 00:34:00,312 --> 00:34:01,172 It's your airplane, right? 855 00:34:01,382 --> 00:34:02,702 Uh, yeah, for the most part. 856 00:34:02,722 --> 00:34:02,952 Okay. 857 00:34:02,952 --> 00:34:03,132 Just kind of 858 00:34:03,132 --> 00:34:03,842 feel me do this. 859 00:34:03,932 --> 00:34:04,982 I'm, that's what I'm doing, yeah. 860 00:34:05,702 --> 00:34:08,322 So, I'll just keep getting our nose up slightly, get ready with the 861 00:34:08,322 --> 00:34:10,442 power, just to get a little bit in. 862 00:34:12,262 --> 00:34:15,452 And, there's our light, so about 55 miles an hour, so we'll do this at about 60. 863 00:34:16,492 --> 00:34:19,332 Okay, we'll get a little bit of power and nose it down just a tad. 864 00:34:22,892 --> 00:34:25,468 And, yeah, that's right where I want it. 865 00:34:25,468 --> 00:34:28,432 Alright, so slow flight, you're going to kind of use your pitch to control your 866 00:34:28,532 --> 00:34:29,772 airspeed and your power for your altitude. 867 00:34:29,912 --> 00:34:31,932 So, now you see we're about 50 feet low. 868 00:34:31,962 --> 00:34:33,952 If I want to get back up, I'm just going to add a little bit of power. 869 00:34:33,962 --> 00:34:34,182 Yep. 870 00:34:34,412 --> 00:34:37,302 Now when I add that power, I'm trying to stay at 60, so I'm going to nose up a 871 00:34:37,302 --> 00:34:38,832 little bit too, so I don't just speed up. 872 00:34:38,902 --> 00:34:39,142 Yep. 873 00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:41,662 Remember we're going to need a good, decent amount of right rudder 874 00:34:41,662 --> 00:34:44,472 here, because we're pitched up high, high power setting, and very slow. 875 00:34:46,932 --> 00:34:49,962 There we go, right where I want to be, so I'll pull my power back out. 876 00:34:49,972 --> 00:34:52,542 Around 2, 000 rpm seems to be the sweet spot with this thing. 877 00:34:52,952 --> 00:34:54,452 I'll give you a couple turns too when we do it. 878 00:34:54,512 --> 00:34:56,102 We'll do no more than 10 degrees of bank. 879 00:34:56,122 --> 00:34:58,382 So shoot for about 10. 880 00:34:59,042 --> 00:35:00,602 Be a nice low flight. 881 00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:01,852 I like everything to be slow. 882 00:35:02,992 --> 00:35:03,322 Like we're a 883 00:35:03,322 --> 00:35:04,022 little fast. 884 00:35:04,092 --> 00:35:04,262 Yep. 885 00:35:04,762 --> 00:35:07,422 Even though we're in a left turn, we're still adding right rudder just 886 00:35:07,422 --> 00:35:11,552 because of our high power and all that. 887 00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:12,022 I know. 888 00:35:12,052 --> 00:35:12,592 Glorious 180. 889 00:35:14,712 --> 00:35:16,842 Horsepower, amount of torque working against us. 890 00:35:19,112 --> 00:35:20,612 Did you just pull a little power? 891 00:35:20,682 --> 00:35:22,092 I just pulled a tiny bit of power, yep. 892 00:35:22,702 --> 00:35:24,302 My airspeed is pretty much right where I want it. 893 00:35:24,452 --> 00:35:26,242 I like to try and stay within 10 miles an hour. 894 00:35:26,762 --> 00:35:31,652 Minus zero plus ten is the ACS standard, so if you can hold that, that's wonderful. 895 00:35:33,302 --> 00:35:36,502 But, see we're getting a tad bit high, so I'll just pull out a smidge of power, 896 00:35:36,512 --> 00:35:37,892 just let her sink down into place. 897 00:35:40,882 --> 00:35:42,062 Eh, I'm going to roll out about here. 898 00:35:44,632 --> 00:35:46,242 And our recovery, so this is what we're going to do. 899 00:35:46,372 --> 00:35:48,292 We're going to try and maintain our altitude still on our heading, 900 00:35:48,292 --> 00:35:49,262 so we're going to go full power. 901 00:35:49,952 --> 00:35:53,512 Get one notch flaps out right away, and I put a ton of trim in there So I like to 902 00:35:53,512 --> 00:35:55,252 kind of trim nose down while I speed up. 903 00:35:55,472 --> 00:35:55,692 Yep 904 00:35:57,022 --> 00:36:01,112 Kind of like a little a boat planning down on top of the water once it speeds up 80. 905 00:36:01,112 --> 00:36:07,232 We'll get our second notch And then at 90 we'll get our last Or nose down trim. 906 00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:09,652 There's 90 and around a hundred miles an hour. 907 00:36:09,652 --> 00:36:14,538 I'll reset my power to my cruise 21 22 There we go. 908 00:36:14,538 --> 00:36:14,916 All 909 00:36:14,916 --> 00:36:15,144 right, 910 00:36:18,411 --> 00:36:21,111 It was my turn now to get my slow flight on. 911 00:36:21,441 --> 00:36:25,401 If you don't know, or you don't remember slow flight is helpful in getting a 912 00:36:25,401 --> 00:36:29,301 feel for controlling the airplane in various configurations, getting it 913 00:36:29,301 --> 00:36:33,201 slow, and then being on the backside of the power curve, as they say, 914 00:36:33,231 --> 00:36:35,301 or in the area of reverse command. 915 00:36:35,841 --> 00:36:38,631 Where you have to add power to go slower. 916 00:36:39,381 --> 00:36:44,421 And then importantly, the recovery is great practice for 917 00:36:44,421 --> 00:36:47,571 controlling the airplane, having it do what you want rather than 918 00:36:47,571 --> 00:36:49,131 being mostly along for the ride. 919 00:36:49,731 --> 00:36:51,711 So, this is how it went for me. 920 00:36:53,024 --> 00:36:53,781 Right, let 921 00:36:53,781 --> 00:36:54,560 me get a shot 922 00:36:55,165 --> 00:36:55,545 Yes, sir. 923 00:36:55,645 --> 00:36:56,045 Go for it. 924 00:36:56,425 --> 00:36:56,875 What, what 925 00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:57,235 heading? 926 00:36:57,455 --> 00:36:58,655 Uh, just this way is fine. 927 00:36:58,985 --> 00:36:59,135 Okay. 928 00:36:59,285 --> 00:37:00,945 I'll go ahead and kind of talk you through it while you do it. 929 00:37:01,455 --> 00:37:04,635 First thing, power to 2, 000 and we'll try and stay around 5, 500 feet. 930 00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:07,305 That's good. 931 00:37:07,715 --> 00:37:07,985 Okay. 932 00:37:08,005 --> 00:37:10,315 And then 100 miles an hour, you can get your first notch flaps. 933 00:37:11,315 --> 00:37:14,055 Alright, and then 90, we'll get our second notch. 934 00:37:14,095 --> 00:37:15,945 If you see you're not slowing down at all, it's probably because 935 00:37:15,945 --> 00:37:16,915 you're in a little bit of a descent. 936 00:37:17,185 --> 00:37:17,505 Yeah. 937 00:37:18,865 --> 00:37:19,265 Gotcha. 938 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,750 And if we need to pull out a little bit of power too, its all northeast 939 00:37:23,750 --> 00:37:24,260 practice area. 940 00:37:24,260 --> 00:37:25,310 Oxford 50 48. 941 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:28,070 Sometimes it takes a long time in the winter to slow down over the fountain. 942 00:37:28,070 --> 00:37:28,730 Headed back to Falcon. 943 00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:29,600 Last call, Northeast. 944 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:31,665 A little low and 945 00:37:32,685 --> 00:37:33,425 bit there. 946 00:37:33,565 --> 00:37:35,690 Is there. 947 00:37:35,690 --> 00:37:36,080 I got it. 948 00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:36,560 Okay. 949 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,870 This, this flap lever isn't very cliquey in this plane. 950 00:37:38,875 --> 00:37:40,850 The other ones, it's really like, you feel it? 951 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:41,240 Yeah. 952 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,010 Okay. 953 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:44,570 Might need to slow it down a little bit. 954 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:46,250 Yep. 955 00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:47,390 And then just pitch up your nose. 956 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:48,530 Just a tiny, tiny bit. 957 00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:48,860 That'll. 958 00:37:49,425 --> 00:37:51,215 Get rid of a few extra miles per hour for you. 959 00:37:51,865 --> 00:37:52,145 There you go. 960 00:37:52,155 --> 00:37:53,305 And there we go. 961 00:37:53,435 --> 00:37:54,025 80. 962 00:37:54,445 --> 00:37:55,035 And let's 963 00:37:55,095 --> 00:37:55,425 slow down. 964 00:37:55,425 --> 00:37:56,835 I can't tell when it gets it. 965 00:37:57,465 --> 00:37:59,845 Let's just do it at basically 60 like we did last time. 966 00:38:00,315 --> 00:38:01,975 Keep pulling that nose up as you slow down. 967 00:38:04,985 --> 00:38:06,015 And it's up to you. 968 00:38:06,025 --> 00:38:08,015 If you want to make life easier, use trim. 969 00:38:09,005 --> 00:38:09,405 But if 970 00:38:09,635 --> 00:38:11,345 you want to get an arm workout, then don't. 971 00:38:12,345 --> 00:38:14,225 You can use as much or as little as you want. 972 00:38:14,425 --> 00:38:14,675 Okay. 973 00:38:15,515 --> 00:38:16,325 All right, cool. 974 00:38:16,355 --> 00:38:17,465 So keep pitching that nose up. 975 00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:20,165 We got a little extra air speed to get rid of and we're also 976 00:38:20,165 --> 00:38:21,040 starting to get a little low. 977 00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:21,720 Oh, yes, we are. 978 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:24,335 So let's kind of get our hand on that throttle and maybe get some power in. 979 00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:27,085 They get about 2000. 980 00:38:27,355 --> 00:38:29,305 About 2000 RPM will keep you level. 981 00:38:29,695 --> 00:38:29,875 Okay. 982 00:38:29,995 --> 00:38:32,035 So if you need to climb a little bit, you'll probably have to 983 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:32,875 go a little higher than that. 984 00:38:33,175 --> 00:38:33,415 Got it. 985 00:38:34,905 --> 00:38:35,475 And 986 00:38:35,475 --> 00:38:36,915 keep it above 60 987 00:38:39,485 --> 00:38:40,265 with pitch. 988 00:38:41,265 --> 00:38:42,405 Get a little right rotor there. 989 00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:42,600 Yeah. 990 00:38:42,730 --> 00:38:43,215 There you go. 991 00:38:44,215 --> 00:38:44,935 Beautiful. 992 00:38:46,050 --> 00:38:48,250 I'm climbing on purpose a little bit just to get back. 993 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,300 Oh, I see what you're 994 00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:50,510 doing, and I'm liking it. 995 00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:53,940 Yeah, 100, 200 foot per minute climb is perfect for slow flight. 996 00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:54,940 There you go. 997 00:38:55,060 --> 00:39:00,320 And when you're ready, give me a left turn to, uh, about zero, nine, zero. 998 00:39:00,770 --> 00:39:02,070 Zero, nine, zero. 999 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,760 Keep it about 10 degrees of bank. 1000 00:39:03,770 --> 00:39:05,860 You're probably still going to have to keep that right rudder in there. 1001 00:39:06,690 --> 00:39:07,050 Okay. 1002 00:39:10,190 --> 00:39:13,120 Just keep using that power and that pitch, control your airspeed and altitude. 1003 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,320 Beautiful. 1004 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:16,630 Oh, roll out. 1005 00:39:16,710 --> 00:39:17,160 Yeah. 1006 00:39:18,570 --> 00:39:18,750 Alright. 1007 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:20,190 Hey, let's go ahead and recover. 1008 00:39:20,670 --> 00:39:21,250 Okay. 1009 00:39:21,740 --> 00:39:23,290 So, recovery, remind me of the RPM. 1010 00:39:23,630 --> 00:39:23,660 Okay, 1011 00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:24,010 it'll go 1012 00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:24,660 full power. 1013 00:39:24,670 --> 00:39:25,300 Full power, okay. 1014 00:39:25,310 --> 00:39:25,460 Yes, 1015 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:25,890 sir. 1016 00:39:26,490 --> 00:39:26,920 And I'm gonna 1017 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,650 need all the way, and then get one notch of flaps out right off the bat. 1018 00:39:31,650 --> 00:39:33,865 All And then just try and maintain your altitude. 1019 00:39:33,865 --> 00:39:35,925 Remember, it's going to kind of balloon up on you as you speed up. 1020 00:39:35,925 --> 00:39:39,415 And at 80, we'll get our second one out. 1021 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:41,755 And 90, the last one. 1022 00:39:45,735 --> 00:39:48,885 And then coming up on 100, I'll set my power back to where I had 1023 00:39:48,885 --> 00:39:50,765 it at cruise, about 2100 or so. 1024 00:39:54,295 --> 00:39:55,295 Dude, that was beautiful. 1025 00:39:55,885 --> 00:39:58,580 Out of Passed a commercial checkride right there. 1026 00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:00,780 Again, it helps 1027 00:40:00,780 --> 00:40:01,700 the air is still. 1028 00:40:01,890 --> 00:40:02,980 No, that, that is true. 1029 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:03,960 It's a little more difficult 1030 00:40:03,970 --> 00:40:06,150 when it's, uh, when it's bumpy out, but. 1031 00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:09,000 I did get five degrees right in my heading. 1032 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,230 Ah, that's alright. 1033 00:40:10,770 --> 00:40:12,630 Commercially you get plus minus five, so. 1034 00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:14,080 Good job. 1035 00:40:14,820 --> 00:40:16,750 Well, hopefully I'll be doing that in a few months. 1036 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:17,920 Yeah, yeah, for sure. 1037 00:40:18,940 --> 00:40:20,070 Alright, so how'd that feel? 1038 00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:20,860 Good. 1039 00:40:20,910 --> 00:40:21,190 Good. 1040 00:40:21,230 --> 00:40:21,950 It looked great. 1041 00:40:22,010 --> 00:40:22,610 It looked great. 1042 00:40:22,660 --> 00:40:24,320 I really got nothing for ya. 1043 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,330 Every, every time you started descending or ascending, you 1044 00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:31,270 did the correct, uh, fix for it. 1045 00:40:31,650 --> 00:40:33,970 Used your power, and I heard you saying you were using your pitch for 1046 00:40:33,970 --> 00:40:35,540 airspeed, so that's, that's perfect. 1047 00:40:37,073 --> 00:40:39,233 So that's where we'll leave it for this episode. 1048 00:40:39,593 --> 00:40:41,963 We'll pick this flight back up in the next one, which I 1049 00:40:41,963 --> 00:40:43,343 promised to release next week. 1050 00:40:43,823 --> 00:40:47,873 We'll head back into Falcon field and do my first landing in a minute. 1051 00:40:48,563 --> 00:40:52,253 So I do appreciate any of you who are still listening, or anyone 1052 00:40:52,253 --> 00:40:54,023 who's just discovering the podcast. 1053 00:40:54,383 --> 00:40:58,223 Like I said, I've got a lot of editing and releasing to do, but I am not 1054 00:40:58,223 --> 00:41:03,023 wanting for content or drama, so I'll release an episode each week . Right 1055 00:41:03,023 --> 00:41:04,793 now we'll be doing that on Tuesdays. 1056 00:41:05,003 --> 00:41:10,253 So hopefully you stick around and we go on this learning journey again together. 1057 00:41:11,233 --> 00:41:13,243 As always, I would love to hear from you. 1058 00:41:13,513 --> 00:41:15,463 Questions, comments, and critiques. 1059 00:41:15,493 --> 00:41:16,393 Doesn't matter to me. 1060 00:41:16,633 --> 00:41:17,533 Just reach out. 1061 00:41:17,923 --> 00:41:22,153 And the easiest way is to just send an email to bill at 1062 00:41:22,153 --> 00:41:24,333 student pilot cast dot com. 1063 00:41:25,123 --> 00:41:30,223 I'll have some other ways to reach out soon too, but my old trusty Twitter 1064 00:41:30,253 --> 00:41:32,863 or X account is still there too. 1065 00:41:33,223 --> 00:41:36,703 You'll find me there under, at @billwil, that's Bravo, India, 1066 00:41:36,733 --> 00:41:39,493 Lima, Lima, whiskey, India, Lima. 1067 00:41:40,513 --> 00:41:45,463 And if you're training or you're teaching, or you'd like to be, let me know about 1068 00:41:45,463 --> 00:41:48,823 you and your own journey in aviation. 1069 00:41:49,363 --> 00:41:52,873 But again, being back in the air was awesome. 1070 00:41:53,293 --> 00:41:55,153 It had obviously been too long. 1071 00:41:55,573 --> 00:41:56,593 But I was thrilled. 1072 00:41:56,863 --> 00:41:59,983 I had some more practice to do quite a bit of it actually. 1073 00:42:00,343 --> 00:42:01,603 But I knew then. 1074 00:42:02,143 --> 00:42:03,493 That I was going to be a pilot. 1075 00:42:04,633 --> 00:42:05,143 Again.