Entries with tag "crosswind"

Landing Practice

Posted on July 26, 2007 at 3:28 PM in 'Flying Lessons' with tags 'fly_by_knight, flight_lessons, crosswind, slip, n1288h, hdc'

Today there was some bad weather down at New Orleans moving north, so we stayed close to the airport and just worked on improving my landings. We practiced short-field and soft-field and combination short/soft-field landings, and I definitely felt myself getting more comfortable with them. One maneuver which gave me trouble was the soft-field touch-and-go.

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