Flying - touch and gos- someone trying to take off while I land |
Well. Today I was supposed to go to Truckee with I3 but the weather said thunderstorms there. Fine for Grass Valley and Oroville. So I contemplated doing some soloing to Oroville and back. As I though...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Wed, 28 May 2008 10:15:00 PST |
Ground school |
Well. Yesterday I paid $96 to not fly.I'm a little annoyed with myself. I went up to the airport for my x-country to Truckee with the instructor for an altitude sign off and instead should have called...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Sat, 24 May 2008 04:59:00 PST |
Flying with Gen Yeager |
Tuesday Gen Yeager and I planned to do a 40 min flight to The Willows, eat lunch, and return. He was really looking forward to flying with me. It is so cool.However, Tuesday was shaping up - or down -...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:43:00 PST |
Gen Yeager testing the Diamond |
Yesterday I had scheduled the plane for 1 ½ hours 10am-11:30am- the most I could get in - since its 100 annual, it's been pretty booked and I1 was taking it yesterday afternoon and today to a dinner.I...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:04:00 PST |
Flying to Oroville solo |
I took a day off Saturday. Sunday, Gen Yeager and I went to the airport. Well, the other Diamond, a DA-40, had been totaled in Oregon so I1 was going to give his lesson and then fly to Oregon to pick ...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:00 PST |
Flying solo to Auburn |
Did you know if you don't richen your mixture before landing, your engine might quit? Actually, I knew that intellectually and today I found out it's true.Gen Yeager said Why don't you fly to Auburn ...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:21:00 PST |
Flying- Cross country to Class C, tail draggers, Citation V, solo again |
I've gotten behind in my writing.Last Thursday we drove to Cabelas in Reno where Gen Yeager bought some lures for Barron Hilton, our host for the weekend, and I purchased a bike, two really comfy lawn...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:00 PST |
Flying under the hood first time |
Today, I flew with I2. He is very detailed oriented and I like that. So with him, we call re taxiing- which Gen Yeager had asked me about and I had to tell him I1 doesn't bother or have me bother. No...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:38:00 PST |
Night Flying First Time |
Night Flying Last night I got to the hangar around 7:15pm - for my 7:30 lesson. I1 was busy so I looked at the open book quizzes and answered a few more.We discussed night flying - I had read that you...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST |
Flying - soft field and short field take offs and landings - more precise. Phew |
Phew. Today we practiced short field take-offs and landings and soft field take-offs and landings. During pre-flight, one charter school was doing a field trip, so I showed them what I was doing. I to...
Posted by CHUCK YEAGER, BRIG GEN USAF (ret.) on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST |
