{"id":158,"date":"2004-08-09T17:22:09","date_gmt":"2004-08-09T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nachzen.net:8080\/?p=158"},"modified":"2004-08-10T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2004-08-10T17:04:40","slug":"on-to-the-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"On to the simulator!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took and passed my Stage 1 Instrument check today.  I&#8217;ve proved that I can fly around without visual reference to the outside world.  I can, under the hood, perform basic flight maneuvers, stalls, steep turns and slow flight.  I can also fly with various instruments covered up&#8211; i.e., without an attitude indicator (artificial horizon) or a directional gyro.  Which means I can also do compass turns (turning with a magnetic compass is something of an art and a real pain in the butt).<\/p>\n<p>I had a little trouble maintaining altitude, but I kept it within +\/- 100 feet, which is what&#8217;s required.  I was worried about steep turns under the hood, but miraculously they turned out just fine.<\/p>\n<p>I even got complimented on my landing.<\/p>\n<p>Zach wants to have me done with Stage 2 by Friday.  Stage 2 doesn&#8217;t involve any flying in the airplane, it&#8217;s all in the simulator.  You might get some fancy idea of simulator when I say that word, but ours resembles playground equipment.  They aren&#8217;t really simulators per se, they are &#8220;instrument training devices.&#8221;  There is no attempt made to simulate the outside world, just an instrument panel.  And they&#8217;re very finicky devices.  But, supposedly, they&#8217;ll get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>I scheduled my Instrument written exam for Thursday.  I get to go study that now.<\/p>\n<p>Berck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took and passed my Stage 1 Instrument check today. I&#8217;ve proved that I can fly around without visual reference to the outside world. I can, under the hood, perform basic flight maneuvers, stalls, steep turns and slow flight. I can also fly with various instruments covered up&#8211; i.e., without an attitude indicator (artificial horizon)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nachzen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}