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Scary Landing / Confidence Takes Hit I've pretty much finished all the requirements, and just need to do the prep work for my checkride. Today, I flew over to an uncontrolled airport about 20 miles from home base with the intention of practicing short/soft field landings and takeoffs. The...

Time to drink heavily.

Cool story bro.

Cherokee 6 300?

Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook.

I got to hand it to that poor bastard. He did pretty good. :)

It's a 172P with electric flaps. Field elevation at this airport was is about 100msl, and the temperature was probably 75 or so. I was able to get it to climb with the full flaps, but it wasn't exactly eager to do so.

I also just realized that the POH for the 172 says that I should have set the flaps to 20 degrees immediately on the go-around. I was so low when I decided on the go around that it seems that reducing the flaps from 30 to 20 degrees immediately could have caused me to settle (probably not the...

Did my second cross country solo this afternoon to an uncontrolled airport 62nm away in a 172. Winds at the destination were 080 at 8, and I landed on runway 35. Entered the downwind on the 45, turned base and final and keyed the mic 7 times to get the PAPI lights on. Had full flaps in, and...

I've got questions on the report below. Where it says "Valid 010600Z," does this mean that it is not valid until 0600Z or is it valid until 0600Z? If it's not valid until 0600Z, then why does the "for use" indicate 0500 which would have been an hour before the valid time? If it's valid until...

I would land against traffic just to make things exciting.

My former boss had one and I was able to fly in it a few times (N4372N). Just an awesome airplane. He got sick and had to sell it. Passed away a few months later. I'm in the process of getting my ticket. Wish I had it then and I would have bought it from him. It's up in Canada now. Here are...

Like a lot of the show, that whole sudden crosswind solo was staged. But, it's entertaining, and I'll continue to tune in if the show comes back for another season.

I've got Stick and Rudder also, but haven't read it yet. I bought a used copy of Machado's book on Amazon for $23. Was enjoying it so much, I bought the iPad app version for $49 so I don't have to lug the book around. The app version is very convenient.

I'm using Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook in my training. Excellent book.

I had never heard the term "negative contact" before this thread. I'll use that next time. Thanks for the advice folks.

Thanks for the reply. Meant to type "tower" instead of "traffic" as far as calling my base. On my next go around I got extended again for traffic on final. Couldn't see it either. Tower called me and told me he was off my right wing, but I still coudn't see him. Tower then cleared by base turn...

Went out for a little Solo pattern work this afternoon. This was probably my 5th or so time up in the pattern solo. Airport was kind of busy, and the tower asked me to extend my downwind for traffic on a 4 mile final. I extended my downwind, and looked and looked and looked, and had no joy on...

To to the Bahamas by yourself, have fun, and get some strange.