Hi All,
Another successful day today, logged 1.5hours, so that brings me upto 3. The weather was bad upto around 1pm so we didnt get in the air untill 1.30, We did lots in the Hour and a half, we took off climbed to 3500ft around 3 miles off the coast and we started our checks.
First maneuver was a steep turn, two left, two right, the tolerences for the CPL is +/- 100ft (which is not so bad) and your speed must be +/- 10kts - which is the hard part. Both of those went ok, We started another constant speed descent back over the coastline and Bill asked me to track the 330 Radial outbound from Ormond, which was done ok!!
After that, he gave me an Engine Failure, so i ran through the checks and set up for a field, there was a farmer cutting in the field next to us, i think hes still wondering what was happening.
We got back up to 2000ft again and he told me we had an engine fire, so back through the checks again, only he kept saying the fire wasnt out, so we proceeded with an emergency descent, Flaps 40, 45Degree Bank and pitch for 100kts,
So the fire went out... back to the Crash Checks and set up for another field.
Ill try post some pictures tommorow, im just too lazy when its 35Degrees out to be going around with a camera!!!
Bye for now...
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