- link to previous progress check: [[Mario Hernandez Commercial End of Course Flight]] # Recheck Required - [ ] [[#Short Field Landing]] - [ ] [[#Power off 180]] - Incomplete Items - [ ] eights on pylons - [ ] short field takeoff - [ ] emergency descent - [ ] emergency approach and landing - [ ] systems and equipment malfunctions # Recheck Items from Previous Progress Check - [x] [[#Short Field Landing]] - [x] [[#Power off 180]] - [x] [[#Slow Flight]] - Incomplete Items - [x] steep spiral - [x] lazy eights - [ ] eights on pylons - [ ] short field takeoff - [x] power off stall - [x] power on stall - [ ] emergency descent - [ ] emergency approach and landing - [ ] systems and equipment malfunctions # Notes - do a teardrop entry for the traffic pattern! - it's more efficient than overflying at 2,000 feet and extending out to then join a 45 degree pattern entry - there isn't too much point in climbing to 2,000 and then immediately descending down, plus it is difficult to lose 1,000 feet in a 180 - switched from Vy to cruise climb crossing 2,000 feet instead of 1,000 ## Short Field Landing ### Attempt 1 - went around, turned base too early and was too high on final - ==**no radio calls for base / final turn at X04 (was quite busy)**== ### Attempt 2 - touchdown point "top of the numbers" - keep in mind that this doesn't give you too much room and you risk potentially landing short displaced threshold - ==**no radio call for base turn**== - ==**a little over 200 feet long**== ## Power off 180 - ==**extremely high on final (went around)**== ## Slow Flight - good job ## Steep Spiral ## Lazy Eights - need more right rudder during initial turn to the right - otherwise acceptable ## Eights on Pylons ## Short Field Takeoff ## Power off Stall - remember to push the nose down to stop the stall warning horn from going off ## Power on Stall ## Emergency Descent ## Emergency Approach and Landing ## Systems and Equipment Malfunctions