Today finally managed to do one sortie with instructor, GH5. Well, today's weather was pretty windy, approximately 15knots crosswind. So when I was climbing after take-off, I was like 'crabbing' all the way until I reach more than 1500ft altitude. Do you know what is the meaning of crabbing? I suppose you have seen how a crab moves, right? The term is used in aviation in the sense that we cock the aircraft into the direction of wind and at the same time maintain straight and level path.

GH5 air exercise was again with revision of steep turns, stalling and PFL overhead airfield. My PFL performance today was actually quite ok but still need to improve on my decisiveness when flying the aircraft. For example, at high base, my altitude was 1800ft (the recommended altitude is 1000ft). I was thinking to put the flaps down in order to increase the rate of descent so that I could reach the runway at approximately 500ft. So when I told my instructor about my decision, he asked "Are you sure?".

I kept quiet for a while. I know my decision was right. But when instructor started to 'psycho' me, I became to question whether my decision is right or wrong. After nearly 10 seconds thinking.....

Ahh..I don't give a damn. I am gonna do what I think is the best for me.

And I put the flaps down. True enough, the aircraft descended faster to the required altitude. =D

Anyway, as I was about to touchdown, the crosswind condition was getting stronger. Then a sudden up-gust struck the aircraft, causing it to balloon up a few hundred feet. Instructor immediately took control of the aircraft and we managed to land safely back on the runway. What I did was only following through his actions and observed how he landed the aircraft. I have included a picture of how a crosswind landing is made using crab-in technique.