Landings, that is. Glad that wasn’t MY aircraft today.

Still no wind, so still no turns around a point. Today we did some reviews of skills I had learned previously and then just flew. I am getting better, smoother, and am learning more about flying. Climbs, descents, turns. All getting smoother and my power management is better.

Then some patterns.

My first landing today was a very smooth touch and go. If I could do it like that every time, I’d be happy.

The second one….not so much.

Approach was good, but I flared about 20 feet too high I was 10 feet off the runway when the stall horn went off and I ran out of airspeed….And bounced. Hard. then sideways, then hard on the runway. I didn’t damage the aircraft, but, as I said, I’m glad it was someone else’s plane. Pretty sure I know what I did wrong.

7.7 hours, 3 (or 4, depending) landings.

Each making MILLIONS of dollars.

And they disrespect the flag and country which makes their success possible.

Ok, they have that right. Yep, they do. I disagree with their actions, yet I support their right to do such asinine things.

They protest the “inequalities” of the treatment of blacks. The barriers to success…..and other undefined unfairness

Yeah, maybe there is something there.. Maybe. But cops go to folks where there is more likelihood of a bust. If one looks like a thug, then one gets treated like a thug. Having a police record is a barrier to success.

But, (and here is the point of this post) how many of those million dollar salary earning players who are protesting are spending any of their personal fortunes or their time helping the blacks in their community to succeed and get ahead? How many are teaching how to succeed and (most especially) how not to fail?

‘Cause they could make a HUGE difference, if they could be bothered to actually, you know, DO something, rather than a disrespectful kneel. 

Seriously. I support the rights of those NFL players who wish to make a statement. If they want to join the trend and oppose the white man (who is the source of most of the funds that pay their salaries) and disrespect the Anthem and the Flag and the country for which they stand…..They have every right.

And I will begin telling the advertisers who give money to the TV stations and networks that if they advertise on NFL games that I will find competing products. And when this begins to hurt the TV revenue, then maybe the dollars spent on the broadcast rights will drop.

and maybe, just maybe, that, along with the reduced revenue from ticket sales will get the NFL teams attention.

I would like to see each and every one of those idiot players (and managers, and other team members) who fail to stand and either salute or in some other way respect our Anthem and our flag be fired, or suspended or otherwise negatively impacted.

I think the fact that Kapernick is unable to find a job is a fitting end to his childish actions.

I’d like to see this happen to each and every one of his co-conspirators.

And until it does, except to find out advertisers, I’ll not watch.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some e-mails to write to some companies.

Puerto Rico wants the US to bail them out post hurricane.

Which I wouldn’t think would be a bad idea, except that the cittizens pay no Federal Income Tax.

And, of course, they have a government that is broke, and nearly bankrupt, so they have no money to pay for their own fixes after Hurricane Irma.
They can’t pay their own bills. They can’t help themselves.

Now, I am all for humanitarian aid, but rebuilding? Fuck That. Let ’em rebuild their own country. The only time they want US intervention and laws is when they need help.

Dunes Rifle and Pistol club is having their fall gunshow. in Valparaiso Indiana.

See me there. 

Yeah, maybe not so much:

Man who claimed the world would end on Sept 23 2017 says “NeverMind”.

Huh, Imagine that.

So today there was NO wind. Zero. Calm.

So no Turns around a Point, no S-Turns. Kinda woulda been pointless.

So, instead, I got briefed on how to deal with an Engine Out Situation.

Then I took off and flew south to the “Practice Area”  and we went over the procedures again.

Then Mike demonstrated.

My turn.

3K feet (~2200 AGL) gives (more or less) 3.5 miles of glide.

Pull power back.

Pick a field
navigate towards it while:

Do you checks. Fuel, mags, etc.

Make your radio call.

Set up for landing.

Lots of time. And yet not much either.

So I did it twice. THought I was comfortable,

Did some stalls. Power Off and Power On.

Started back to the airport. Was about 3 miles away, just ready to make my first radio call when the power went away.

Mike says: “you have just lost your engine”.

I looked over at him while trimming for 65 KIAS. “Prick”.

And chose a (soybean) field.
Did the procedure.

and realized as I began my approach that the field I had chosen had a linear sprinkler across it.

Fuck. That woulda been bad.

But, I added power, climbed to 1700′ and entered the pattern and did a really nice landing.

Plus, my Taxiing is better. Still needs work, but better.

He says I’m the first student to call him bad names, ever.

Are we really supposed to think that this isn’t a propaganda campaign? That the News Media isn’t conspiring to set or change public opinion? That they aren’t a propaganda arm of the DNC?

Zuckerberg is gonna show us ads that “might have” had “Russian influence”.

This a day after the media gave Hillary a tour so she could give us her version of how she thinks the election should have gone.

And the nighttime talk shows all had either Hillary on their show or had commentary….and said shows got commentary on the morning news shows so there was even MORE coverage.

It is, all about the meme.

And since the “Russian influence” meme died, they are trying to resurrect it.

And the News Media wonders why they have no credibility anymore.

Hillary seems to be like a Zombie. No matter what you shoot her with, she still gets up and comes at you again.
Perhaps someone needs to shoot her in the head. I am told that is the only way to kill Zombies.

Now, to clear my head of this propaganda, as soon as the fog lifts, I’m gonna go fly.

Pretty much, today is the day that they gotta find you if you are trapped by debris from the earthquake in Mexico.

Yes, some folks like longer, but, statistically, if they don’t find you today, alive, then they will find you later, dead.

Say a prayer for all those folks in Mexico.

Fog this AM, but it burned off by 9, so I showed up at quarter to 10 and preflighted the 172. When my instructor showed at 5 ’til, we had a short instruction period and then we took off on Runway 18 and flew south.

More stalls, (the 172 is harder to stall than the 150 and better behaved when it does) both power off and power on, then S-turns, which were kinda hard to do because the wind was variable and gusting. I got it right at the end, but the wind was causing me issues for most of the turns.

One approach with a go around and then one landing. I still need more practice taxiing.

I am, however, getting more comfortable and some stuff, like holding altitude and heading is easier and more automatic now. Less thinking, as it were.

I think I am getting this, if slowly.