Stalls in Webster 88

From: KASH To: KASH
Hours: 1.0
Type: C-172R Cessna Skyhawk utility
Number: N688DW
CFI: Brady Valliere
Discription: Brady and I took off out of Nashua on Runway 32. I held a steady climbout at 80 KIAS. Webster 88, a spinworthy aircraft, pretty much held the airspeed by itself. We flew over to Potanipo at 3800 MSL. The first maneuver we pulled was a power-off stall, which I recovered from alright, but I lost too much altitude. Then we climbed to 4500 MSL. I did a power-on stall, which was scary and on the recovery, a wing dropped and I hit the wrong rudder and nearly spun the aircraft, which was even scarier. Luckily I was fast on the other rudder and I pulled Webster 88 out of the stall before it begun to spin. Otherwise, Brady would've had to take control and recover. After the recovery, Brady brought the airplane into a stall and had me work the rudders to show me to use rudder opposite of the turn rather than step on the ball in this situation. Then I did another power-on stall and recovered fine. After that, Brady had me put on some IFR goggles and had me fly around instrument only. Then after removing the goggles, I located Nashua, called in for a touch and go. My approach was too wide of the runway and I had to cut in. I only got 20 degrees of flaps down by the time I was over the numbers. Then I pulled off a perfect flare, hit the main wheels, then the nose gear. Brady retracted the flaps and we went around the pattern one more time. This time my approach was much more accurate and I got into full landing configuration, but my flare was a little messy. We taxied to the ramp, shut down and went in the Aviation Center to brief.

Logged: 22 hours, 62 landings

Flight to Pease, Start of Online Flight Log

From: KASH To: KPSM
Note: Two way trip.
Hours: 1.3
Type: C-172R Cessna Skyhawk
Number: N671DW
CFI: Nick Forte
Discription: It was a clear, calm day. Visibility was plus 10 miles and the winds weren't stronger than five knots. We flew out of Nashua (KASH), through Manchester's Class-C Airspace. Nick did all the radio calls as I flew the airplane. Once out of Manchester's airspace, we took a straight shot for Pease, which was right in between a small lake. We brought Webster 71 down to traffic pattern altitude, entered a left down-wind for the runway (I forget which end.) ATC asked us to turn off at Alpha so Nick and I flew over the runway at about 20 feet AGL until we touched down right before Taxiway Alpha. The runway was enormous, 11000X200 feet. Our Skyhawk looked like a beetle on a highway. The immensity of Pease dwarfed us. As we taxied back out, Nick called the Aviation Center back in Nashua to tell them that we'd be late and I kept the corner of my eye fixed on some C-140s that were sitting around. We pulled up to the runway, powered up and we were in the air before we got to the displaced threshhold. Then we turned around, into a headwind and headed home. We landed back in Nashua, shut down the Cessna and went home.

On a side note, I'm starting this blog to keep track of my progress in my flight training. I wish I had thought of this before, but I'm beginning this log having 21 hours under my belt, .9 being night flight.

Logged: 21 hours, 60 landings