Just a quick post to document these lessons. These were all pretty straight forward, not learning too many new skills. The excpetion was Lesson 10 in which we did spin training. The other lessons were about honing all the things I've learned so far: landings, radio skills, slow flight, stalls, traffic patterns, visiting various airports, etc.
Spin training was cool. The 150 is rated for spins, and Ed feels it is a good idea to get training for spin recovery even though the FAA doesn't require it.
To get into the spin we first climb to a safe altitude, about 4000 feet. Do some clearing turns and make sure there isn't any traffic around or below us that will get in the way. Then, power-on stall the plane with hard right bank and full opposite rudder. It happens pretty fast - the right wing drops nose dives and suddenly the ground fills the view, and it's spinning.
Recovery is pretty simple, but non intuitive: Power to idle. Ailerons to neutral. Rudder opposite the spin. Elevator forward (the non-intuitive part - you're diving and might want to "pull up"). The acronym is P.A.R.E.
All this practice and I'm feeling pretty good. Ed's been talking about me soloing for a couple of weeks now, and after lesson 10 he says it's iminent. He gives me a take-home exam titled "pre solo written".
Trissa informs me she doesn't want to hear about solo flying until after it's happened.
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