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  • Date: 2021-06-16
  • Time: 15:30
  • Expense: $284.65
    • Ground Instruction: .00
      • Rate: .00
      • Time: 0.0
    • Flight Instruction: $89.60
      • Rate: $56.00
      • Time: 1.6
    • Plane Rental: $179.40
      • Rate: $138.00
      • Time: 1.3
    • Tax: $15.65
  • Aircraft:
    • Category: Airplane
    • Classification: Single Engine Land
    • Make: Piper
    • Model: Cherokee Warrior II
    • Serial: 28-8016338
    • Identification: N8222F
    • Hobbs:
      • Start: 60008.6
      • Stop: 6009.9
    • Tach:
      • Start: 2176.3
      • Stop: 2177.5
  • Points of Departure and Arrival:
    • From: KJEF
    • To: KJEF
  • Weather:
    • Official:
      • METAR: 
         KJEF 161953Z 06005KT 10SM CLR 33/09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP154 T03280094
 KJEF 162053Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 33/10 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP148 T03330100 57013
 KJEF 162153Z 24006KT 10SM CLR 33/11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP143 T03330106
    • Observed:
      • Wind: 5kt from 60
      • Clouds: Clear
      • Precipitation: 0.0
      • Temperature: 91
      • Humidity: 23%
      • Dew Point: 49
      • Pressure: 30.03
      • Visibility: 10sm
  • Covered:
    • Slow Flight, Stalls, S-Turns, Turns around a Point, Landings

Lesson Review

I'm going to fast forward through the preflight, takeoff and manuevers, since they were all about the same as yesterday - no real changes.
I did Slow Flight, Stalls, S-Turns and Turns around a Point.

Landing

This part needs to be discussed.
Of the 7 landings we shot today, 6 were good - the last was aborted because I made a big mistake.
I was coming in a bit high, but was getting to the point of the round-out, so I was already beginning my flare - but then I went too far and pulled the power as well.

I heard the phrase, "My plane", and I relinquished the controls.

Not a great feeling.
If there is such a thing as a 'vote of no confidence' in flight school, this is it. I understand I'm still a student, but man - this one stung a bit.

It was our last landing any, so my CFI went ahead and put the plane down and I taxied us back to parking. On the way back, he said that he should that it was a bit of a lost learning opportunity and he should have made me do a go-around instead.

I questioned him a bit on what would have happened had he allowed me to continue and he told me that it would have been a pretty hard landing - maybe not to the point of breaking anything, but hard nonetheless.

Last Thoughts

My CFI assures me that I'm right where I need to be in my training - but it really doesn't feel like it sometimes. I know that in most situations, I'm overly critical - but flight (specifically this portion) is something that I don't feel like I can afford to be sub-par on.
There is supposed to be a moment where "it just clicks", and I am anxiously awaiting its arrival.

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