First Flight

Although the forecast high for today was 100 it turned out to be a great morning for flying. We met at 9:30 went through a thorough pre flight inspection before taking off. Once we got up we climbed to 5,500ft ASL(Above Sea Level) which is about 3,200 feet AGL (Above Ground Level). To start off we just flew around so I could get used to flying again and get a feel for the controls. As we progressed through the flight we did more turns as well as climbing, and descending turns. My instructor then added in steep turns, these are turns at a 45 degree angle. Once you get a feel for them they are not that hard but there are several things to remember when turning. Due to your angle of flight no longer being straight and level you have to "pull back", the steeper the turn the more you have to pull back. If you did not do this your nose would drop and well that is not the goal of having a nice level, coordinated turn. This was the most difficult maneuver of the day for me, thankfully after a couple of attempts I started to get it down pretty well. To finish the flight we descended down to 2,500 ASL and practiced tracking along roads on our way back to the airport. Flying this way is jokingly referred to as IFR or I follow roads. For those that don't know IFR officially stands for Instrument Flight Rules which is a special rating you have to get in order to flying in IFR conditions. This maneuvers also allowed me to get a little more familiar with the area we will be using as well as the area in general since I am fairly new. Overall we logged about 1.5 hours. We are going back up tomorrow weather permitting, it is supposed to cool off (down to 90!). There are also a 40-50% chance of storms tomorrow so we will see what happens. Dinner is almost ready and I have some studying to do before tomorrow. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any questions!