Manual flight planning is tedious work. Every time I do it the process takes hours. Originally, I thought it was just me, but upon asking my instructor, he said that it even takes him 2+ hours to do it by hand. That’s for a trip there and back. The 150+ miles, 3 airport (landing toContinue reading “Long Cross-Country Solo”
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SkyVector.com Manually Entering Waypoints
Place the cursor in the white box to begin typing. Waypoints Airport Enter ICAO code Examples: 06C, KMKE VOR/NDB Station Enter the ICAO code Examples: OBK, DPA, TII VOR/NDB Radial and Distance AAABBBCCC AAA is the 3-digit ICAO Code BBB is the 3 digit radial CCC is the 3 digit distance in nautical miles. EnterContinue reading “SkyVector.com Manually Entering Waypoints”
Flight Planning With SkyVector.Com
If you have not seen it already, SkyVector.com is a great way to find aviation maps. Now that I am learning flight planning, I’ve been using it to sort of check my work when I’m developing my practice plans. Maybe I just haven’t found it yet but the instructions for creating a flight plan weren’tContinue reading “Flight Planning With SkyVector.Com”
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