RECREATIONAL PILOT CERTIFICATE: Flying Lesson #11 - Soft Field & Short Field Take Off & Landings

RECREATIONAL PILOT CERTIFICATE: Flying Lesson #11 - Soft Field & Short Field Take Off & Landings
In this Lesson, I get my first taste of flying out of a grass strip to practice soft field operations. I also get to practice short field takeoffs and landings. Since you are flying the approach slower than normal and on the back end of the power curve, you have to be much more proactive with the throttle. All up, these kind of exercises require more precision and really improve your flying skills. Lets go give it a shot....
ABOUT ROMEO JULIET WHISKEY:
I'm a student pilot learning to fly in my spare time. I originally received 30 hours of flying instruction 17 years ago and now I'm back in the cockpit and learning how to fly all over again.
Currently flying out of Wollongong (YWOL), Australia in light sport aircraft such as the Jabiru and Pipestrel alpha with Fly Illawarra:
Fly Illawarra: www.flyillawarr...
Recreation Aviation Australia: www.raa.asn.au/
Jabiru aircraft: jabiru.net.au/

[@jiefuster]

Thank you. Great stuff

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

jiefuster glad you like the video!

[@ashleyatze9343]

Hey, I been watching you videos. Great work. I want to learn to fly this year. While I'm getting finances together I'm trying to learn as much as I can. I'm interested in what books you read and found the most useful and what other youtube videos you liked.

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

Hey Ashley, glad you like the videos :) Are you Aussie? If so, for learning to fly, I really like the aviation theory centre books . Something like the student kit would be a great start (aviationtheory.net.au/shop/student-and-recreational/student-pilot-kit/). You can find these cheap on ebay or gumtree. I'd also highly recommend the free online books by Noel Kruse (flybetter.com.au/). They are a little more advanced and turn a lot of contemporary teaching methods on their heads. I like them cause he takes a very different approach to learning to fly. As for videos, there are so many great channels but a lot of them are based overseas where the procedures are a little different. Closer to home I like Mark Roberts channel - he had a great instructor when he was learning to fly: kzbin.info. For inspiration flying videos, check out my playlist " favorite flying videos from the web' kzbin.info/aero/PLXdH2EnueX08RRmpWl2YmQ7gdMhhnuhdV Hope this helps :)

[@ashleyatze9343]

Thanks. I'll check them out. I'm Aussie. I will learn out of Murray Bridge , South Australia. They have two flying schools here. They only have a gravel and a grass runway, not lighted. That's why this video was particularly interesting to me.

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

If your flying out of Murray Bridge then I recommend checking out Ian Macdonald mblafs.com.au/instructors.htm. Nice bloke and seems like a really good instructor. You can contact him via his youtube channel: kzbin.info/door/bzY3yiFBbzCsnYjl4d8-Ow. I'd ask him the same questions you asked me.

[@scrappy673]

Thinking of doing any more flying since now?

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

Hoping to get in a couple of flights this year

[@breaktherule758]

did you clear all the theory before getting your self in the plane?

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

I read heaps of books whilst saving up money before I even started flying training. Also watch heaps of youtube videos like this one :) Formally, I studied and sat all 5 required exams during the first 10 hours of my flying training, which was about 3 months.

[@breaktherule758]

+Romeo Juliet Whiskey roger that!

[@brockowen8536]

Good video, I recently uploaded a video doing the similar thing! Good job

[@RomeoJulietWhiskey]

Cool...Ill check it out to compare notes