KENL

I flew yesterday again...it was my hottest flight yet...101 degrees. This time it was a local flight...first we went up and practiced steep turns and power on stalls...both skills are a challenge for me and make me fear the checkride....part of the problem on power on stalls is that I can't see anything unless I have a cloud to know if I am turning or not. Then I went up solo and flew around over the practice field...it was a little windy, but my landings were just fine. I am planning 2 more cross countries at the moment. I plan to go back to Centralia and then my long XC to Springfield, MO. If I get lucky, it looks like I might be able to be ready for my checkride in 14 hours of additional training. Also, I need to take the written. I plan to work on the written this weekend. I did all of the practice questions for Ch. 1 in my Gleim's today and got all of them right...but of course, that is the easiest chapter. The video above is from my trip to Centralia last week...this was on my way home and you can see Nashville, IL coming up on the left and highway 64 below.