So I was wrong, today we just went up and did VOR stuff. We flew around while tracking VORs, intercepting VORs and Direct to VORs. It was bumpy below 3500 feet, but 3500 and above was oddly smooth. Overall I did real well today. I was kind of nervous about doing the VOR at first but now I think I got the hang of it. It's pretty nifty. We were headed back and he told me to fly over the airport at 3300 feet. While I kept the plane at a level attitude, I kept losing altitude. It was getting increasingly more turbulent. I nosed up to climb attitude, but lost another 50 feet by the time we reached the airport. He pulled the engine and called, "Bradford County Traffic, Cessna 94609 spiralling down to runway two three." He asked me what I'd do if this were to happen to me. Although I'd heard him say "Spiral," I knew that's what I'd have to do, so that's what I answered. It was a perfect spiral, Third time around, I was lined perfect with the runway comin out of the spiral and landed. Didn't even need the flaps. Jerry said, "Man, you're makin me look good!" It was a good day today. Definately happy with how this weekend went, I even got to spend a bit of time with my girl. Great weekend. Hope to have a few more like it.
Next week's mission: Follow VOR to Greater Binghamton (BGM), touch and go, VOR back to N27.
Jerry thinks that if all is well and I'm comfortable, he hopes to kick me out on a solo cross country over Christmas break.
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