First flight in mountain wave!!! Pre frontal winds from the SW. Worked the line between Byron, Los Vaq & Mount Diablo. Stopped at 14,000 due to lack of supplemental oxygen.
Review of short/soft takeoff/landings. Cross country planning, pilotage, ded reckoning, VOR navigation, radio procedures, flight by reference to instruments. Engine out, spiral down into downwind.
XC planning, pilotage, ded reckoning, use of radar services, radio comms, controlled/uncontrolled field ops. Normal and soft field takeoffs. Crosswind and normal landings.
Aerotow 4000. Headed to 580, found more consistent weak wave. Scratched around over the pump station. 81C was working the same area. Gaps in overcast layer opened and closed quickly.
Aerotow 4000. Another post-frontal day after Thursday night's thunderstorms. Thermals not very consistent. Best was 4kts. Cloud streets running south towards Tracy.
Steep turns, power off stalls, turns around a point, S-turns. Pilotage, ded-reckoning, intro to radio comms, uncontrolled field ops. Strong surface winds at KOAK and Byron.
Steep turns, power off stalls, turns around a point, S-turns. Pilotage, ded-reckoning, intro to radio comms, uncontrolled field ops. Strong surface winds at KOAK and Byron.
Aerotow 3400 LosV. Zero sink initially, then headed south of airport, no lift at pump station. X-wind landing 12. Lots of instability, spoiled by over-development. Sky opened up by the time we tied down.
Short/soft field takeoffs & landings. Hood work, VOR navigation, unusual attitudes under the hood. Controlled & uncontrolled field ops, pilotage, ded reckoning.
