Bucket List

[saracelica]

Okay Henning you can ignore this post if you want.

Back to flight training. Going to take it nice and slow. No hurrying through things. Making sure each maneuver is solid and good to go.

Asked my CFI/friend if he'd show me Spins in the Cessna 172SP that we use. (One of my other friends is getting his CFI and said they're pretty cool to do) He said we would after I pass the checkride. <sigh> Guess we'll do it next summer (he doesn't want to show me something not on the test)

But in reading the postings about Spin Training...there was mention of "Falling Leaves" and I found out what those were. It's now on my list.

Was wondering what else should be on my "Aviation Bucket List" Not necessarily to be proficient in but more "Cool things an airplane can do"

 

[Jim Logajan]

You aren't that far from Adrian. Glider rating in the spring? (That's on my list for someday whan I don't have two jobs, and...)
http://www.localhangar.com/cgi-bin/clubs/club_home.pl?CLUBNO=4

I'll "second" the glider recommendation. I actually started training in gliders (the venerable Schweizer SGS 2-33A; about 10 hours flight time) before switching to powered airplanes to get my private pilot certificate. While I would have preferred to get the a PP in gliders first, FAA regulations are written such that it is less of a hassle to get powered first and then get a glider add-on. And there are a lot of options to get training and a computerized sign-off to take the PP single engine land written test (e.g. King, Sportys, Gleim, etc.,) but many of those sign-off options don't exist for the glider written.