Commercial Training - Day 18

Summary
Scheduled Time: 6PM - 8PM
Actual Hours Ground: 0.3
Actual Hours Flight: 1.3
Total Hours Flight: 11.2

Although the weather was less than expected for a late August flight - nearly overcast and raining - the wind was light and the flight was on. Before starting, Brian asked several questions about my history - especially regarding the incident in the Commander - and we discussed lazy eights and chandelles in detail.

Once airborne, we did the basic maneuvers - power on and power off stalls and steep turns - before moving on to the commercial maneuvers. Things went better than I expected, so we quickly moved from one to the next. As we progressed, the weather conditions continued to deteriorate. By the time we finished, we could no longer see Paine Field from south Camano Island. We tuned in the runway 16R ILS and descended to a landing.

Next up was landing practice. We did a soft field landing followed by a soft filed take-off. The next time around, we did a short field landing while aiming for the 1000 foot marker. Finally, we finished with a normal landing.