Hour 7: More circuits on a Cessna 172, Camden Aerodrome, NSW, Australia

Read the details of my Hour 7 Flight log at https://techexplorations.com/flight-l... Yes, it's Wednesday again, which means the opportunity for another one, or maybe two, flying lessons. The weather looked promising, so I was confident I could do a second flight in the afternoon. The second flight would be my first circuits training session. But before doing that, Greg recommended doing another revision of the basics. So, this Wednesday's first flight, Hour 7 in my log, would revise the basics. In addition to improving my basic control skills, Greg wanted to simulate some of the procedures for operating the aeroplane in a circuit. For example, we simulated levelling off at downwind, reducing power, setting flap, and doing a descending turn for the transition between downwind and base, or base and final. Checklists Following a checklist is a fundamental practice in aviation. There are checklists for everything. An essential aspect of early-stage training for pilots is "simply" following a checklist and executing each item correctly. This flight was a revision of Hour 6. Greg did all the radio communications since the Camden tower and ground radio were not operating at the time. In un-towered aerodromes, radio procedures are different to towered ones, but I am not familiar with those procedures. On this flight, I was going to review and practice these exercises: Aircraft control and effects of control. Set throttle and mixture. Trim. Straight and level flight, trying to maintain altitude with a constant or variable speed (i.e. accelerating or decelerating). Climbing. Descending. Turning, level, ascending, descending. Leveling off at downwind. Reducing power whilst maintaining altitude. Setting flap towards the end of the downwind leg of the circuit. Descending turns. There are many other bits and pieces that I refreshed, such as: Checklists for everything. I practised these: Cold start. After start. Taxi checks. Enginerun-upp. Normal take off. After landing checks. Shutdown checks. Refueling and doing a fuel drain check. And doing a pre-flight inspection. I did this check with Greg's assistance. With all done, it was time to take off. Click on the time stamps below to jump to a segment of this flight. 00:00:00 Start 00:00:12 This flight 00:00:59 Checklists 00:01:17 Show checklist 00:10:03 The good, bad and ugly 00:11:29 Subscribe!