September 5th, 2003 -On the menu for today's flight was more of the same. I was going to review DME arc's associated with flying approaches. There was also the review of steep turns and unusual attitudes.

Let me start out with what went right with the flight...Steep turns and unusual attitudes. That's it, just about everything else with the flight was a mess. I should have known there was trouble brewing. I was doing the preflight and the plane was bouncing around on the ground. It was very windy and that was a sign that I was in for a tough day. Oh well, I got the preflight done and was ready to go.

I completed the preflight and cleared to taxi out to 18. The wind was 18012G19. There was no X-wind so the take off roll was short, the plane wanted to jump off the ground before reaching rotate speed. I got off the RW with no problems and as normal, Drew took the plane so that I could flip down the foggles and begin my instrument training for the day. I reached towards my head to flip down the foggles and thought...Crap, I forgot to put them on before starting the plane.Mistake #1. I reached in the back to get my foggles and when I pulled the case off of my flightbag, the foggles slid down under the back seat. I had to almost unbuckle my seatbelt to reach them. I finally got them on and headed West for the steep turns and unusual attitudes. If the wind was not enough to give me an indication of how the flight would progress this mishap should have secured it.

I started out with a steep turn to the right and that went well. I need turn to 45 degrees of bank sooner though. I did not get to 45 until we had already turn 90 degrees. I rolled out slightly earlier than I should have, but not too bad. Now it was time to do it again, goign to the left. Started my bank and 45 quick and started around the circle. The turn progressed well and I rolled out dead on the heading. Next up, was couple of unusual attitude recoveries. First up was a climbing turn to the right. When I looked up and opened my eyes, I looked at the ASI and delayed for a short second. The ASI was decreasing, so I added fullpower, rolled the wings level, and pushed the nose down. Nice recovery. One more to go. Now it was time for a descending turn the left. Again I looked at the ASI and delayed for a short second. The ASI was increasing and we were headed down. I pulled the power, rolled the wings level, and slowly added back pressure to return to straight and level flight. This first recovery was the better of the two. No it was time to fly the VOR-10R approach.

The ride was really getting bumpy and I was not looking forward to learning in this environment. We intercepted the DME 12 arc and made a turn that would track the VOR-10R approach. I had to run through my (pre)approach flow and make sure that the plane was ready to land. I have not done this in the past and Drew was having to constantly help me out making sure that I was following the correct procedures. As we got closer to the airport I again forgot to correct for the wind and kept getting blown off course. When we were close enough to land Drew had me flip up the goggles and it looked more like we landing on 10L. If I had to land, I would have been able to, but we reported missed approach and headed back out to shoot the ILS approach for 10R. As we came back for the ILS 10R approach I really feeling like CRAP and asked Drew to take the plane. I flipped up the goggles and looked for the sick sack. I opened the vents all of the way and knew it was coming. I got sick and could not finish the approach. I felt much better when done, but I did not feel good enough to continue on. Drew flew the plane in the rest of the way and I asked him to land it as well.

Things to Remember:
1. In steep turns, roll into 45 degrees of bank sooner. Be more aggressive when starting the manuever.
2. Stay ahead of the plane. This will allow full attention to the landing of the plane.
3. Lose the death grip on the yoke.
4. Make corrections as soon as you to start to notice any deviation from your planned course.
5. Once you have the hdg. you are going to fly, be sure to stick to it.
6. Don't fly so slow. When it is that windy, I need to add even more power to help the plane maneuver with more ease.
7. Study the acronyms to help in going through the flow prior to the approach.