It had been quite a while since I had done any steep turns, slow flight, or stalls, but we managed to practice all three. Again, I discovered that I am pretty decent at steep turns to the left, but I suck doing them to the right. I just don't have the sight picture of the horizon correct yet and I can't seem to gauge my bank angle correctly. Stalls and slow flight went OK as well, but it had been so long since I had done any slow flight I really needed Dave to coach me through entry and exit. I'm really looking forward to better weather so I can get out and do more work on these basic maneuvers.
It got pretty bumpy as we approached the hills on the way back from the valley. I managed to get a little queasy for a couple minutes, so Dave flew while I cracked open a vent to get some air. We decided to stop and take a break for a few minutes in Livermore, just a few miles ahead. We made a straight in approach to the comparatively huge runway 25R at LVK - more than twice as long as the runway at Palo Alto. We got directions to transient parking, struggled to chain down the plane in cold howling wind, and walked to the terminal. After 10 minutes or so, we headed back out, took off again from 25R and climbed back under the low ceiling over Sunol and back home to Palo Alto.
Aircraft: 739TW
Lesson #10: 2.0 hours
Total time: 16.2 hours
Landings today: 1
Total landings: 3
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