sloppy aeroboatics

The club president thought it'd be good to go flying again so I invited him for a ride while I caught up with some aero practice. Time gets away from you. It'd already been six months since I'd flown a sequence. So it was basic. Two loops, two rolls, two stall turns and a fast glide approach to shut down before it ticks over point five.

The cloud ceiling was just about where it would be a nuisance, 4000 feet. But it was scattered and less over the coast. 90 degree turns to check for silent air traffic. None so wing over dive 130 knots haul back the stick and look "up" for the horizon coming over. A bit slow, but S shouting "we fell off the top" I though was a bit of an exageration. Hey I', a bit rusty. We didnt really lose 500 ft. I just left it there. Haul the wing over and let the nose drop into a steep dive. 130 knots come up fast. Haul back harder until the stall warning squeeks. Over over "you did it again!". I did not do it the first time. (I reckon the 130 knots should really be 135). How you feeling? Ok. Alright a couple of rolls. Hard right, push forward. Ease back out of the dive. She really drops the nose eh? Yes. 108 knots, Hard left, push forward. That's better. A stall turn. 115 knots and the Robin is standing on its tail, but the ASI shows 60 knots dropping slowly, look left, almost vertical, hard left rudder, right stick. Slowly she pivots dropping a little onto its back, then sliding fast to a nost down face full of trees attitude. Draw baack the throttle and pull back on the stick till we're going up again and push the rpms back up. Again! Same deal until we're going straight up but this time I apply right stick at the same time as I go full left rudder. She stalls with a dramatic nose down flop. THat's it. First time I've cocked up a stall turn. Not that it matters. Just need more practice. How you feeling? ...err, yeah I think I've had enough. Ok lets go below!