Yesterday I had PPL Lesson 3: Climbing and Descending as my instructor was going to be away at the weekend.
It turns out I got lucky as that was only his second flight of the day due to weather (note to self I really need to start calling before making the 20 mile trip to the airfield).
I did the power checks for the first time in this flight which was nice. We were up in Yankee Bravo once again and as soon as we were airborne and in the climb I was in control once again.
We was focusing on climbing, descending and leveling off with this lesson. I really enjoyed this as in the previous lesson we had just learned about trim so this felt like a natural progression.
Towards the end I felt like I was really making progress and I started to really enjoy it.
I also learned that you need full power in the climb, 2400 Rpm when you are trying to level off and 1500 rpm when you are trying to descend.
I was also introduced to the carb heat on this flight.
When we got back to the school I did the checklist for turning the aircraft off and putting it to “bed” for the night.
As it had started to get dark when we got back I also learned the instruments on the plane has no backlight!
Every lesson I’m feeling more and more at ease with flying and it is starting to feel very natural being up in the air.
Today I have my class 1 medical, lets hope all goes well! If I pass it’s straight on to air law!
