The Avian Fluke

“Go ahead and taxi over to Cutter.”
My face gets very still…I know what is about to happen and strangely, I’m not nervous about it, which does make me anxious because then I’m wondering if I’m overconfident. Larry tells me two takeoffs and landings with a taxi back, and a third which will return me to […]

The landings, up until today, have really been more like controlled crashes with no damage to occupants or airplane. You’ve gotta hand it to Cessna - they built the 152 like a tank. The problem is that if you fly in Texas, you fly in crosswinds, and flaring properly with crosswind correction is, according to […]