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My Flying Lessons

I learned to fly in a 1947 Cessna 120 taildragger. It takes longer to learn in a tailwheel airplane: mainly because they're so hard to land. But I felt it would be worthwhile because I'd be a better pilot.  I felt that the strict attention to directional control and rudder usage that a tailwheel airplane requires on landing ( they fly the same as anything else )  would yield a better margin of safety against stall/spin accidents in the air.  Anyway, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it..  

My First Intro Lesson     My Second Intro Lesson
Third Time's a Charm      My third Lesson
My fourth Lesson          My Fifth Lesson
My Sixth Lesson           My Seventh Lesson
My Eighth Lesson          My Ninth Lesson
My Tenth Lesson           My Eleventh Lesson
My Twelfth Lesson         My Thirteenth Lesson
My Fourteenth Lesson      My Fifteenth Lesson
My Sixteenth Lesson       My Seventeenth Lesson
My Eighteenth Lesson      My Nineteenth Lesson
My Twentieth Lesson       My Twenty-first Lesson
My Twenty-second Lesson   My Twenty-third Lesson
My Twenty-fourth Lesson   My Twenty-fifth Lesson
My Twenty-sixth Lesson    My Twenty-seventh Lesson
My Twenty-eighth Lesson   My Twenty-ninth Lesson
My Thirtieth Lesson       My Thirty-first Lesson
My Thirty-second Lesson   My Thirty-third Lesson
My Thirty-fourth Lesson   My Thirty-fifth Lesson
My Thirty-sixth Lesson    My Thirty-seventh Lesson
My Thirty-eighth Lesson   My Thirty-ninth Lesson
My Fortieth Lesson        My Forty-first lesson
My Forty-second Lesson    My Forty-third Lesson
My Forty-fourth Lesson    My Forty-fifth Lesson
My Forty-eighth Lesson    My Forty-ninth Lesson
My Fiftieth Lesson        My Fifty-first Lesson
My Fifty-second Lesson    My Fifty-third Lesson
My Fifty-fourth Lesson    My Fifty-fifth Lesson
My Fifty-sixth Lesson     My Fifty-seventh Lesson
My Fifty-eighth Lesson    My Fifty-Ninth Lesson
My Sixtieth Lesson        My Sixty-first Lesson
My Sixty-second Lesson    My Sixty-third Lesson
My Sixty-fourth Lesson    My Sixty-fifth Lesson
My Sixty-sixth Lesson     My Sixty-seventh Lesson
My CHECKRIDE

My First solo Cross-country

My Third solo Cross-country

My Long Cross-country

My first official ( non-demo )lesson

My first spin

A trip round the pattern at Frazier Lake

A trip round the pattern at Hayward

A trip round the pattern at Palo Alto(PAO)

Terminating the lesson at PAO

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