The Doctor's Lair

Interesting times cometh! From now on, I have been warned, the engine will fail atleast one time every single flight. We tried three failures today in the field: the first I tried to put down on a road in the downwind direction, the second I could not identify a suitable field and we had already lost 300' by then and the last I picked a field that was too far away and against the wind, tried but did not make it. Zero out of three does not sound pretty and it is not! That's why its going to happen atleast once from now on. This was followed by an emergency decent, for example if the aircraft depressrises and you need to get down so that you and your passengers can breathe. Bank at 45 degrees and point down till your speeds hits the yellow mark, the maximum structural cruising speed. Its quite a roller coaster ride and you stare at the earth coming up to meet you quite quickly. With in a few seconds a thousand feet whiz by. And again it happened, the engine failed while right abeam the numbers on downwind. So shorten the downwind and come up high on the final. This went of pretty well with me making the runway and still having time to deploy a full 30 deg flaps. Some saving grace today. Better get these right, my life might on them one day! Also did some landings and slips. The flare and landing is improving an inch at a time.