Second solo

So it was time for my second solo! My father picked me up outside school with all my gear and we drove to the airport. This flight was also to be flown in traffic circuit. I met my instructor, but there wasn't really any briefing to do.

We walked out to the plane after it had landed. I did the pre-flight checks and jumped in. My instructor was waiting next to the plane until I had started the engine, before he walked back. The feeling was much different from the first solo, I felt much more confident (first solo is first solo!). Everything went as it was supposed to, I got cleared to taxi to holding Golf and even remembered to note all the times during the entire flight!

I had to hold for a while at Golf while a chopper was hover-taxiing. Fun to see all the snow being thrown around. I got cleared to taxi to the holding point of runway 18, where I did the run-ups etc. I reported that I was ready for departure and updated my endurance via radio at the same time, as I only had 3h but had filed 4h.

The take-off was like normal. A little bit of crosswind though. I probably started my turn a little bit late to the crosswind-leg, as the head of school had seen me when he arrived at the airport. No big issue at all, however. I have a feeling that it's hard to estimate when to start turning in crosswind, before you have done it and felt it once in exactly those conditions.

It was a strange feeling to be up there alone again, but I enjoyed it just like last flight! This flight was also filmed with my GoPro on the headstrap.
After two touch-and-goes, I was at the end of the downwind leg to runway 18. The clock was 15:52 and I had to be back at the hangar at 16 to pull the plane in. I was convinced there was time for once more circuit so I did it. When I was on base-leg for the last time, I reported "Oscar Alpha Tango, base 18, full stop landing" to let them know I wanted to (... or at least had to) land. I taxiied back to the apron and I parked just at the same time as the hangar doors opened. A nice timing, my instructor said.

The video will be here soon! Stay tuned for more!

Helge