Post # 8 & 9 - Finally! Another flight!

This post is going to compress my two flights from this week. My normal flight instructor Justin was out of town, so I flew these two flights with Jamie. He has been an instructor at USU for about 2 years now. He challenged me in new ways and made me do some critical thinking. I really enjoyed the two flights. I was just glad to finally get back into the air for another flight. It had been around a month since the last time I believe. Both flights were the same, practice instrument approaches in Ogden with myself handling the radios. I had been planning these flights for a while, but the weather didn't seem to agree with me often.

The second flight was at night and was used to perfect the skills that weren't perfect from the first flight. The interesting thing about a night practice IFR flight is that there is NO outside reference. I couldn't see anything and had to rely completely on my instruments. There was one time where it felt like I was in a left turn, but the plane was level. That is disorientation for you, if you don't rely on your instruments and rely only on how your body feels, it can be a VERY DANGEROUS situation. This is why instrument training is an important step in a flying career. I look forward to finishing this stage and moving on to the IFR flight planning! Will let you all know how it goes.