August 2, 2014 - Spot Landing & Mountain Flying Practice

I went flying for a couple of hours on Saturday and spent most of that time practicing for a long cross-country I'm planning in late August.

The first thing I worked on was spot-landings.  I practiced at Massey Aerodrome, a nice grass field which I had to myself.  I tried the spot-landing technique described in Sparky Imeson's Mounting Flying Bible but it wasn't working too well in the RV.  I made some adjustments and soon I was making some nice landings in the first 1,000 feet of the runway.

   
For my last landing, I made an approach on the short Massey runway shown below.  My wheels touched but I did a touch and go instead of a full stop.  Still, I believed I could have gotten stopped on the runway.  I was feeling much better about my spot and short field landings by the time I was through.
   
After Massey, I did some airwork including stalls and slow flight.  Then I practiced steep turns at slow flight to simulate turning in a narrow canyon.  The RV turns on a dime at slow speed.  It was good practice and confidence builder.
   
 
   
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