Commercial Training - Day 23

Summary
Scheduled Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Actual Hours Ground: 0.3
Actual Hours Flight: 1.4
Total Hours Flight: 13.7

Last night was a wonderful night for flying. The weather was absolutely perfect. Brian and I started the flight by simulating the steps to follow a hypothetical flight plan. I noted the takeoff time and time at first waypoint, then noted the actual time to the first waypoint and adjusted the expected time to the next waypoint. Meanwhile, I pretended to open the flight plan and pick up flight following from Seattle Approach. Then we imagined that the weather was too bad to cross the mountains, so we simulated updating the flight plan back to Paine Field. On the way back to Paine Field, we had a simulated engine failure and circled down over a small private airfield in Fall City.

Then it was back to commercial maneauvers. We did eights on pylons, chandelles, steep spirals, and lazy eights. All went very smoothly. But then we noticed a slight film of oil building on the windshield, so we headed back to the airport early - just in case.

My next step is to take a mock checkride. If that goes well, my real checkride will follow shortly.