Got Signed Off in the Cardinal June 7th!

Rick signed me off on the Cardinal Cessna 177RG on June 7th!
Unfortunately I've not flown it a lot since, then, but did get night current in it in July, with Rick's help.
August, here we come!

RG Really Groovy!

So, I've mastered, enough for a sign off, my Club's Cessna Cardinal retractable gear airplane! Yay!!

I'd always been a bit apprehensive about RG flying, one more thing to go wrong and what about gear-up landings. And while the first point is still true:

1. The SCREAMING (relatively speaking for GA!) speed one gets with the gear up ROCKS!
2. I learned from my instructor and verified that MORE people walk away from RG/gear up landings than from other fixed gear bad landings, because the gear is not there to pitch the plane over on the nose, etc.
3. I know how to control the gear failure by manual pumping and by gear-out landing techniques. Once I realized I could see somewhat out the window whilst pumping the gear down by hand AND that I could look at the turn coordinator and use that data to keep the wings level and the heading centered, I was SUPER HAPPY!
   

Now, on to more steps towards the Commercial Rating! Doing it with Robin this time, fun to pursue a rating with someone who's already a flying partner!