Today was a generic general handling flight and was really to just get a feel for the aircraft and how it handles in various situations. After getting to grips with the fact I had two huge engines on two huge wings with two huge winglets either side of me, I managed to taxi it to the runway without bashing into anything (the clearance is extremely close, so safe to say it was a concern of mine!)
I practiced medium and steep turns, as well as stalls in various configurations (clean; approach; base to finals turn). After getting the hang of that I was talked through an emergency descent, which was great fun - basically consisted of lowering the gear and pointing the aircraft straight down to the ground.
Tomorrow I am going up for my circuits flight, which I cannot wait for - I will get to fly the entire flight (today take off and landing were demonstrated to me; unsurprisingly they have a much bigger kick than the Cessna!) Can't wait to have all of that power at my control on the take off.
Bunch of photos!
RH engine start and a steep turn:
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