Had a double booked with Brad yesterday so we headed out to Carp and flew circuits for about an hour and a half. We were working on short field and soft field landings.
We worked on short field landings first. After 4 or 5 tries, I was finally getting the hang of it. I even managed to get the plane stopped before the Alpha taxiway when landing on runway 10.
After the short field practice, we started working on soft field landings. I was having some serious trouble with those. I kept bringing it in too low and they kept ending up looking like short field landings. Before we left, I had a break through…for a soft field landing, you don’t need to touch down at the very beginning of the runway like you do for a short field! After that realization, things got better.
I’m flying with Brad again today, I think we’re going to do some diversions out east of the airport. After that, I’ve got three single bookings (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) to practice by myself and then I’m supposed to do a pre-flight test with Brad on Sunday. I’ve got lots of studying to do before then.