Aviation

The Point of the S

Performed more ground reference maneuvers today.  After warming up on the rectangular pattern, we did S turns and turns around a point.  The wind was extremely calm, so the maneuvers were greatly simplified.  It was actually nice to get the hang of them without the complexity of large wind corrections.  He wants to go over them again next time, since correcting for the wind is one of the main points of the maneuver.  If I do well, we will start with the pattern work.  I suspect we will be doing that for quite a while, since there is a lot to learn and my landings are still not good (hey, I've only done 8 so far).

I finally got some video footage of a lesson.  The 152 does not have a GoPro mount, so I mounted it to the side window just behind my head.  The camera could see the instruments and outside, but it had the door pillar right through the middle and the instruments were way underexposed.  I guess two cameras are needed if I want to get both the outside and a good shot of the controls and instruments.  Despite that and even though I started the camera a bit late, the video has already proven really helpful.  Editing and syncing-in the intercom audio was rather tedious on GoPro's software.  Looking for something better.