Less than 24 hours passed between disembarking the XL Airways France A330 that brought me home from Europe, and beginning the preflight checklist for N733ZK. Since it had been a little while since I last flew, my instructor wanted to stray from pattern work today and opt for coordinated turn practice, a stall refresher and\u00a0VOR tracking.<\/p>\n
We departed on a left Dumbarton and quickly configured the airplane for slow flight. She performed as sluggish as I remember. This configuration transitions us into power-off stalls. I executed these \/almost\/ within ACS margins\u2014still plenty of time to practice. Something we tried \u00a0today that I had only attempted once (and was very bad at) was\u00a0steep turns. I quickly felt comfortable making these maneuvers and pleased myself when I felt the “wake” from where I had begun the turn.<\/p>\n
The VOR tracking was nothing too exciting. You dial in the frequency for whichever VOR you want to track. Identify it. And then verify if you’re tracking toward or away. The neatest part of this exercise was actually flying over the top of Woodside VOR and 1) seeing the needle swing around INSTANTLY when I crossed over, and 2) seeing the VOR with my own eyes. I use the Woodside VOR on a daily basis as a visual reference for pilots when I’m controlling air traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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