9/9
99348 9am-noon
time off: 10:15am
time back: 11:20am (approx)
Hobbs: 1.3
1.3 hrs PIC - not XC, but to APC/Napa which is > 25nm etc...
Normal TO and Short-Field LD at OAK - the LD was short, but well off
centerline.
Any other (non 150' wide runway, and would have gone-around...
4 T&Gs at APC - first one, was too wide a pattern, and balloned a little -
somewhat off center, but returned ok. Second was a pretty good 'normal' landing
- had to make a 360 on downwind (abeam the numbers) but this was fine. Third
and Fourth were short-field. One of them was great, one was ok - a bit of
ballooning, but still on centerline. Radio work was great, but had to ask for a
repeat of the pattern entry (just to make sure!) and on that call told twr that
348 was a student pilot.
Back to OAK was happy to see some traffic before they saw me, and before bay
app/dep called it out to either of us, but then couldn't find two traffics on
departure that bay announced to me... oh well. they were still happy with me.
oh - and back to APC: they did seem happy with me - I did everything they
asked, and the only prob was a wide pattern (it wasn't *that* wide was it?!)
There was a guy in the pattern who could not for his life follow instructions,
nor find the proper runway - I was tempted to ask for a departure direct from
downwind when I heard this guy! (frightening radio work on his part)... oh
well.
Things were safe & all went well. Glad to get a little more experience and
hopefully my landings are improving... they seem a bit off from the high (near
solo time), but that's probably because I'm doing approx 10 landings a week
instead of 30...
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