Today we’ll fly a structured approach and landing pattern - taking cues from the Instructor Pilot.
During my cockpit startup “flow” - I hit the ON switch on the ILS nav radio and get an immediate admonishment…whoops!
Off we go to WP2 to meet up with the IP…
After climbing up to 7,000’ and taking some vectors from the IP, he goes over a few educational items and then turns me loose to contact Batumi Approach for a vector to the initial (visual) approach point…
Again, the mixing of mission triggers with the default ATC (and other traffic) is very well done and must have been a nightmare to script…
This approach goes well - again, it isn’t a tutorial, so you have to know to put your gear and flaps out at the appropriate time.
After a successful touchdown, we are immediately sent around on a touch and go…
Once again we climb up away from the field, take some vectors, altitudes, and speeds, and get boxed back around for another visual approach.
Another successful touchdown. I was admonished once for being a bit high in the middle of the approach, which I assume resulted in my Qualified-Minus rating in that area…but the rest of the flight check went well…!
