It's been snowing off and on since December 15th and I'd say we've had at least two feet of snow in the Snoqualmie area over that time. There was a break in the snow this morning, so I was able to get a training flight in. Today's flight was all about practicing commercial maneuvers. After my instructor dug out the plane (from the snow) and we had it de-iced, we headed East for some steep turns, stalls, lazy 8's, 8's on pylons, and chandelles. Still a little week on lazy 8's, but they are improving. About an hour into the flight, the afternoon snow started to fall and we headed back to KBFI for some short field landings and power off 180 degree accuracy landings. Only one runway was open (the other was covered in snow), so during each downwind leg we had to do a 360 degree turn for wake turbulence spacing for each jet that was departing between our landings.
After the flight we had a ground session discussing what the areas of emphasis will be for the practical exam. The local FSDO had sent out a letter listing some of the common failure reasons and indicated that the failure rate was abnormally high. So, more to learn (or memorize) over the next few weeks.
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