Monday, March 23, 2009
Observation Flight! :)
I recently took my first flight in the Piper Seminole. It was with my flight instructor and Jessica and we went over to Tooele and did engine out manuevers! I even got a sick picture with the propeller stopped. It was cool. I got to see how the airplane handles and feels and operates with only one engine operating. We talked about all the different scenarios for engine out situations during takeoff and also enroute. A lot of planning is required to do a flight in a multi-engine aircraft. Our preflight talked a lot about the different parts of the Seminole like the downlimit switch, up limit switch, squat switch, gas heater, scupper drains, and many other systems for the Seminole and how they differ from the Arrow systems. We did a few landings at Tooele and then headed back to Salt Lake. The Seminole is much heavier than the A/C we're used to flying and handles much differently in the pattern than an Arrow. I'm excited to get myself behind the yoke and try her out!
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