Even More Heat

Texas has never been known for it's moderate climate but we finally have summer here. Our official high yesterday was 104 and we had a "cool" front come through. We are expecting 104 again today. With that in mind, I made plans to go up at 7:30 AM this morning to beat the heat. It still was a little warm but not as bad as last Monday. We did the usual "staying in the pattern" but with a twist. Since our cool front came through the winds shifted around from the northeast so we took off to the North (RWY 35).

I can't say we did the usual NASCAR circuit because TKI uses right traffic for RWY 35. So instead of go fast and turn left it was go fast and turn right. We did a lot of the same thing and I am just about ready to solo. Other than the occasional drift off of the center line, I put the airplane down pretty well today. I had a couple of them that were a little too fast but they were smooth. At one point Richard had me pull power at mid field on my downwind leg and told me to practice an emergency landing. I used 65 knots as my best glide speed and turned base then turned to final and put it down, just like I knew what I was doing. I am so much more confident in my landings that I think I could put it down just about anywhere (I'll probably eat these words later).

Solo time is getting closer so I need to start going a little more often. We are going to try Wednesday morning to see how that works. I just have to keep it in my head and make it happen again. BTW, check out my e-logbook and see how many landings I have.

My E-logbook