Since most of the northeast is still on lockdown during Covid-19, there is still really nowhere to go.  But it’s still a good time to fly and use this time to practice basic flying maneuvers.  For this flight I decided to practice chandelles and a few approaches.

The first chandelle, I forgot to turn the screen camera on, so I wasn’t able to save it.  However, the 2nd time I did it, I did have the cameras rolling.  You can see for yourself in the Youtube video below”

After that, I did an instrument approach at KGBR airport.  I flew the approach “OK” … But I made a couple of really rookie mistakes.  First mistake was that I transmitted my position report on the wrong frequency.  This was really painful for me because I usually laugh at those silly pilots when I hear others do this 🙁  Second mistake, which was worse, is that I bugged the wrong altitude on the autopilot so the VNAV descent didn’t happen as it should have.  I was able to easily recover from both mistakes.  But it just goes to show you really need to practice as often as possible.

Cheers,
== T.J.==