I was getting cozy with N9968F and wanted to book her until soloing so that I'd be familiar with the aircraft, but I found out at the last minute she just got a new engine and club rules say no students while breaking in a new engine. So we grabbed an older, carburated, Skyhawk. During the first descent, I pulled off one of the display dimmer knobs thinking it was carb heat. Whoops. Never good when the pilot is inspecting a knob that's no longer attached to the control panel.
We stayed in the KPAO pattern and did full-stop landings. I wanted to try lessons before work so this was early, around 0800. Winds were calm. More bird activity in the morning. I still need to (1) make sure I don't look through the nose for directional reference, (2) hold back elevator during rollout, (3) smooth out my flares. We also tried no-flap landings but those didn't work to the point of being funny because I just came in too fast and high for the short runway at KPAO that I went around both times.
- Flight Hours: Δ1.0 Σ32.7
- METAR KPAO 111447Z VRB06KT 10SM SKC 15/10 A2998
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