Debrief 20090303

First time night flying and it was awesome. It was really neat to watch the runway lights pass underneath me. It was totally different than during the day, but felt strangely familiar. The first landing was a bit shaky, but come on, it was my first time. Second was good. Third and fourth were also good. Then the fifth and sixth ones he started messin with me on. The best landing was also my last. He simulated the electrical systems failure after I'd keyed the mic to turn on the airport lights. The landing also had to be a no flaps landing. I slipped her in with no taxi lights. He said something about my taxi lights being off and I reached for them. He said, "You can do it without 'em if you want." I told him okay. So I did it and it worked out very very nice. He said I did well. He even broke out some Top Gun on me. I asked him if I was to slip it in, he said, "Just do some of that pilot shit." Way to break out the Top Gun.
Airwork came before the landings but that went well. Worked on steep turns to left and right. Tonight was a success. Peace.