Had my TIF today. Best hour I spent for a long, long time (and that includes sex...........lol)
Good bloke for an instructor, he let me fly the whole flight after we got to altitude, and then asked me if I wanted to to attempt a landing. I said I'd have a go.
I bloody well didi it! I know he had too "interfere" a little at the final moment (the 'flare', I think) because the plane began to yaw quite a bit which was too much for me to handle, so I felt his pressure on the yoke and pedals, but otherwise, I'd say I did about 80% of the landing.
I asked him his opinion at the start, about people with FS and CFS experience. He said there were advantages and disadvantages. Advantage is that you kick off with a reasonable understanding of flight principles and understanding of the instruments etc. (afterwards he said he wouldn't have let me attempt a landing without knowing about my FS experience - he said it was obvious in the way I took to flying the plane immediately
.....his chest puffs up with pride!!)
The disadvantage is that everyone that he has instucted that has had extensive FS exposure tends to try to use the instruments to fly the plane, and not use their eyes as they should in 'visual flight'. (I had this fault right from the beginning (until he covered the instruments up!!).
I was in a Beechcraft Skipper but because of my 'size'. He is willing to take me on to the 'Sundowner' from here on (a bit more expensive but I would rather be able to get into the plane without having to be a contorsionist..............lol)
Anyway. Best $50-00 I ever spent. Had the time of my life.
Now all I have to do is see the Doctor and make sure I can pass the Medical, which I'm hoping won't be a problem with my Arthritis.
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