View of the Wallowas
Ox Bow, Snake River Canyon
Tuesday the class officially starts. I met Lori and the other students form CA, AZ, NV, WA, 8 total. Cessna 185s, Husky, all tail draggers besides me. 2 of the students have no tail dragger time and are trying to get their endorsement in 3 days! The day continues with lecture until 5pm then we all meet for dinner and meet all the instructors. We will have a different instructor each day.
My instructor will be Woody. He tells me get ready to work!!
Weds. up at 5, wheels up at 6am. Woody and are are the first ones up from our group (can you believe it!) Our first task is to fly the plane in multiple configurations to fine the "numbers" for my plane, not necessarily the same as in the POH. Flaps up flaps down, stall open, stall power on power off, cruise, approach, etc. Then we are off to New Meadows, bump in the middle, no line of site and a dog leg. How's that for a warm up? The landings actually go well, we are playing cat and mouse with Rich, another student. Then it's off to Ski Valley. Cute grass strip , standard approach one way, cazy S turn approach the other way. We do a few landings then get out and stretch. We had heard an ELT in the distance, it was us. My sensitive ELT like to alarm itself every once in a while....not that my landing were hard or any thing, he, he. I turn it off, and we are off to Donnelly, next to the lake south of McCall. We do a few landings there, then stop to chat with Rich and his instructor.
Woody and Rich at Northern approach end of Donnelly
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