Tristan starts teaching me how to take care of the airplane right away. We removed the tie-downs; discussed what the wind was doing; and then started out from shore.<\/p>\n
We flew from pond to pond working on my landings. I thought they were great, but he thought I could be smoother. I spent the entire day with the seat too low, as I discovered the next day, and having no visibility kept me from getting as smooth as he wanted. I hope to fly with him again to show him I did get it – after raising the seat.<\/p>\n
We headed back to Cherry Pocket for Docking practice and fuel, as well as to give me a rest after over an hour of introductory float flying. Docking was my biggest worry, but that went well with the instruction I’d received.<\/p>\n
This rating is all about judgement. Give yourself enough time to figure out landing distances; docking speeds; wind direction and speed; and other important factors.<\/p>\n
Leaving the Pocket – we head for a lakeside lunch in Sebring Florida. Landing in a dozen lakes along the way and performing glassy water T\/O and landings; landings to a step taxi; step turns; rough water landings (land as slow as possible with power as necessary); rough water takeoffs (like a soft field T\/O); etc., etc.<\/p>\n
We had a great lunch, and departed Sebring in search of softer landings for Tristan, which I don’t think I delivered that day. We eventually landed back at the Pocket before dark, and I called it a day. Exhausted.<\/p>\n
You are working your right arm pulling up the water rudders; and your left arm holding full up elevator for takeoff and landing; and all forms of taxi.<\/p>\n
In Brian’s words – Sunday started out slowly but got moving smartly once it came together. Tomorrow would be similar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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