And some more traffic circuits

In the end of last week I got to know my new instructor and with a new instructor got a new airplane From now I will be flying a Cessna 172R built in the end of the 90′s. I had never flown such a new airplane before, as the Cessnas I had flown were from the 70′s. This Cessna has an engine with fuel injection, so again something new to me, but I have already become accustomed with it.

Last Thursday and Friday were really nice and sunny, so I used them to fly solo touch-and-goes and become more familiar with the new Cessna. On Thursday I flew a bit with the instructor, but Friday I was “ridin’ solo”. The circuits were nothing unusual except for an incident, where a Cessna made 2 touch-and-goes on the opposite runway without stating anything or answering on the radio. Luckily my instructor was watching my flight from the ground and spotted the traffic on time, so we didn’t come too close. However the second time he came round I was on final, so a go-around had to be made. This woke me up a bit, but fortunately it all ended well as I’m here writing this blog

Since Friday it has been raining or the winds have been too strong to fly. At present we have a cyclon overhead us, so maybe I’ll get to fly on the weekend, we’ll see. I still have a bunch of solo traffic circuits to fly so I can’t wait for the nice weather to return, however I’ll be back writing if it keeps on raining

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