Archer Checkout

This flight occurred Monday afternoon/evening.

I am now signed off to fly the Archer despite getting a good reminder about "IMSAFE" and human factors. Everything was going fine, slow flight, steep turns, power off/on stalls, coordinated turns, simulated engine out, and then we headed over to Ann Arbor for the various flavors of takeoff and landings. Well the tower had closed for the night and ARB was now an uncontrolled field, with the sun setting rapidly. I demonstrated Short and Soft takeoff and landing technique with varying degrees of success and got reminded about the importance of "F" and "E" in the aforementioned acronym. Fatigue and Eating (no dinner) found me slow on the controls and behind the airplane until I forced myself to push through the tiredness and focus on the task at hand. Definetly not a place I will put myself in again.

Time this flight: 1.5
Total Time: 115.5
Landings: 354


Later on today its back into the Warrior for a cross-country to Grand Rapids.