So today was a pretty decent step towards my instrument rating. I did a few approaches a few misses and a hold. Pretty normal training flight except for one thing: a passenger in back.
There was a few reasons for this…1. It was the local lineman’s flight, happy to oblige 2. The added weight in rear was sure to make flight a little different attitude due to full tanks and a 105 degree heat index. Yeah, a little warm. And 3. The most important part for me: making a smooth flight.
Well before a started shooting the approaches I we had to burn off a few gallons of gas, so I figured I’d test the limits of our pax. For starters we did a few steep turns and a couple of unusual attitudes. With our little passenger in back enjoying the manuevers we realized we had to step it up. With a few hundred feet to burn up we really wanted to push him to the edge: we chopped the throttle and nosed it over and went weightless.
While waiting for some sort of mercy plea, we were instead given an “oh shit!” and laughter. Ugh, So much for breaking him!
Anyway, I decided to make the rest of the flight as smooth as possible and I did just that. I shot 3 approaches, went missed twice, did a hold, and greased a sweet ass landing.
All in all it was a good step towards my checkride as well as my professional career. With 200+ hours I’m ready to be done with instrument crap and on with commercial…
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