Leslie Holbrook wrote: > > Yup, that's where I'm learning. I won't tell you how many hours it's > taken (never ask a lady how much she weighs -- unless it's for weight & > balance -- or how many hours her PPL took), but I think I get some slack > cut for a really not wonderful first instructor (20 hours shot to hell) > and for the pucker factor at 3B9. Learning how to do slips to a landing > over the trees at the north end is quite an experience. > > The first time I landed at a "normal" airport, I couldn't believe it -- > it was flat all around! There were no trees! No buildings or odd dips > over the road to make funny wind patterns. And the center line was > about as wide as the fuselage of the 152. > > All in all, if you're not in a hurry, 3B9 is a great place to learn. It > can teach you a lot. >
I got cured of my landing on the numbers compulsion that came from learning on an ~1800 foot runway once when I flew to Des Moines. I landed on the numbers and pulled off at the first exit. Then had to taxi for 20 minutes to get to the FBO. On later trips, I just notifed the tower then flew an extra mile down the runway to land as near the FBO as I could. Last summer, after being grounded from diabetes for five years, on my first flight I had good enough control to get down in the first third of the runway without the instructor grabbing the control. Learning on a difficult, short airport is REALLY VALUABLE! (P.S. I don't have my medical back yet but I'm flying when I can with instructors, etc.) -- Ed Burkhead East Peoria, Ill. N3802H, 415-D
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