Cessna 172 OWD Cessna Solo Landings - Norwood Flight Academy

In training for my private pilot's license at Norwood Flight Academy in Norwood, MA I needed more solo time. So this lesson was a full solo, working on the pattern. No matter how much I do it, I always like getting more experience. So this was a great day to play with the right pattern for 35 at OWD. The winds were calm, the temps were wonderful for February in New England and I set the camera up in a different location. This time I wanted to get a better view of the runway itself, so the camera was mounted on the passenger door window. It was perfect for most of the pattern. You will notice a strong vibration during the first half of take off (I've included two of those here) but it calms down after that. In all there are six landings. The last few were quite nice. The second one was probably the worst as I bounced once, but the 172 is very forgiving. I'll bet my speed was a little fast since I had extended my downwind for traffic separation and didn't adjust enough accordingly. Listen all the way to the end. I love the exchange with the controller.

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[SWE370]

Your approaches wasn't that good, but your landings were very good. If you just do better approaches, you'll be a great pilot.... I like your landings...

[rdfelty]

@SWE370 You are totally right! That was early in my training so I've improved a bit... but there's always more to learn. Thanks for writing.

[zinga1977]

Nice landing!

[rdfelty]

@zinga1977 Thanks.

[CaptBesweri]

Good work the final approach seems rather steep with significant nose down atitude is this due to obstacle clearence or excess altitude either way u made good recoveries

[rdfelty]

@CaptBesweri Yes, I made this video about 6 months before my check-ride and I was still learning a lot. You are right, these are very high mostly due to in experience level at the time. Fun to watch them again, so thanks for the comment.

[SIUCAandP]

Hey nice video! I'm like you I love going back and watching my old videos from my PPL training. I've been using a Kodak Zi8 and I was curious what camera / mount you were using and where you are mounting the camera in the aircraft? Also curious how you recorded the audio from the intercom? Feel free to check out my videos or PM me. Thanks for sharing!

[CaptBesweri]

Halo rdfelty am at the 31hour mark and I know what you mean I hope to get my PPL within the next 6 months,which page has all your videos

[rdfelty]

@starraider113 There is a lot to say about flying, but you should mostly try to enjoy the learning, even when it gets frustrating. Also, pay close attention to speed control during take-off and landing especially. The better you get at keeping those numbers where they should be, the better everything will be.

[Roudy1331]

@rdfelty Great, good for you! I'll check it out. Let me know if you want to ever fly together. I am interested in going to Oshkosh this summer and need a fellow pilot interested.