Well, on Saturday, it FINALLY happened.
My dad got a bunch of solo flights in on his own!!!
We had to help him trim out his Timber a little bit, but other than that, he was, as my mom put it, "a Flyin' Fool!"
All of his flights were solid; he had a couple of MINOR bobbles here, the most notable of which was on a landing (and even an experienced pilot might've had this happen), he nosed the plane over just after landing. He'd just touched down, and a weird gust of wind came up, caused him to kick the rudder, and the plane ran to the side of the runway, where we'd JUST finished doing field maintenance maybe 10 minute prior, so there was a bunch of weed cuttings that it safely and softly nosed over into. No damage whatsoever, but the plane had a bunch of weed whacker clippings all over the wing and the nose.
It was also pretty cool because I got to put my plane up at the same time as he did - he was flying a full size Timber, and I had a UMX Timber that I'd put up! It definitely put a smile on his face when he was flying, and when there was a bit of breeze that kicked up, I asked him, "You ok with this wind, dad?"
"This? This is NOTHING. I learned in stronger wind than this when we were going through our Monday afternoon training sessions!"
It's good to know that my dad can get up in the air now and enjoy himself. Next thing I know, he'll be doing 3D flight with a 540!
My dad got a bunch of solo flights in on his own!!!
We had to help him trim out his Timber a little bit, but other than that, he was, as my mom put it, "a Flyin' Fool!"
All of his flights were solid; he had a couple of MINOR bobbles here, the most notable of which was on a landing (and even an experienced pilot might've had this happen), he nosed the plane over just after landing. He'd just touched down, and a weird gust of wind came up, caused him to kick the rudder, and the plane ran to the side of the runway, where we'd JUST finished doing field maintenance maybe 10 minute prior, so there was a bunch of weed cuttings that it safely and softly nosed over into. No damage whatsoever, but the plane had a bunch of weed whacker clippings all over the wing and the nose.
It was also pretty cool because I got to put my plane up at the same time as he did - he was flying a full size Timber, and I had a UMX Timber that I'd put up! It definitely put a smile on his face when he was flying, and when there was a bit of breeze that kicked up, I asked him, "You ok with this wind, dad?"
"This? This is NOTHING. I learned in stronger wind than this when we were going through our Monday afternoon training sessions!"
It's good to know that my dad can get up in the air now and enjoy himself. Next thing I know, he'll be doing 3D flight with a 540!