Real IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) - 10/10/2002

10/10

2.2 hobbs
20117 with Khaled
owe him $110
real IMC + one approach

This was a pre-solo dual/instructional flight with Khaled - a great patient CFI...

things went well - filed an IFR-VFR on top flight plan, and flew over towards APC and CCR.
we went thru the maneuvers, all of which went well.
we were flying around 4200' and Khaled asked me to divert to Byron. I did this, but forgot to figure altitude 1000s +500',
so would have failed right there... uh-oh!
once at byron - traffic was on runway 23 - the smaller 75' wide runway, and it looked really small. I have little experience
on runways without threshold marks etc... so went-around the first two times (Khaled was not thrilled).
Also - with the turbulance, I flew too fast an approach each time.

back for some orbiting (fly this heading ... wait... new heading etc...)
then got cleared for the ILS for 27R - flew in totally on instruments!!! this was ny first NR inst approach. very cool.

that's about it... more on the next one.