Steve felt I really needed more practice with landings – they were pretty bad on sunday due to infrequent flying. So we planned to touch and go at Byron. However the winds were not calm (from 230 at 10, gusting 15). So we rerouted for Tracy (350 at 7kts) but runway 12/30 has been significantly shortened and more importantly, 8/26 has been completely taken out for re-paving! We decided to re-route to New Jerusalem. Two landings and the third was a go-around since the approach was not good. In between, Steve demonstrated a short field landing and takeoff. Overall, I owed him $16.50 if you counted $0.50 for each “right rudder” prompt.

Today was the first time I used a second GoPro in the cockpit. I had it pointing to the right, suction mounted on the rear window. With the engine under any power, the vibrations were too much and readily picked up by the GoPro. I need to find a better mounting location.