Aileron

Zulu is still under construction at KPAO, so after taking off from there, we did a right Dumbarton departure to do pattern work at KRHV, with some air work along the way. Somewhere over the Fremont hills, we started with some wing rocks and then slow flight. With wing rocks, I still don't feel like I can anticipate how much rudder will be needed so am still reacting. Slow flight wasn't bad, though I think I can be more aggressive with power changes, both when slowing down and maintaining altitude.

There was also construction at KRHV and they were only accepting full stop landings, so we diverted to KLVK by way of San Antonio Reservoir. We did three touchngos on 25L (the short one), which were all less controlled than my previous lesson. On the first two landings, the ground came up faster than I was ready for and we touched down hard. The third was a little better. In general, I never got the approach fully stabilized and felt things were happening fast. Also, some uncoordinated turns to a left crosswind, since I think because they were in the climb, actually needed right rudder.

On the way back, some pretty strong turbulence over Pleasanton Ridge.

I'm not sure why, but I felt slightly behind the plane for a lot of this lesson. Partly because it was a new airport with a small runway, but also because I think I approached the flight too passively, planning on getting down to the runway and see how it goes. The last lesson I was more "I will land this". This attitude also showed in my radio work today, happy to let Rimas handle a lot of the radio talking.

• Flight Hours: Δ1.3   Σ27.1
• KPAO 092347Z 32012KT 10SM FEW020 A3004
• KLVK 092353Z 26014KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3002