Early on in private pilot training, the slip to landing seemed to be a daunting task. Setting up a slip and then, in a controlled and coordinated way, taking the cross control out and transitioning to a normal landing just over the runway seemed like a difficult challenge. However, as I’ve gotten better at handlingContinue reading “Slip to Landing Practice”
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Long Cross-Country Solo
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”
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”
Performance Takeoffs and Landings
METAR: KXXX 081535Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM SCT042 OVC080 00/M06 A3008 RMK AO2 T00001061 Today we practiced what I was expecting to practice last week: short field takeoffs, soft field takeoffs, short field landings, and soft field landings. Now that I’ve soloed I’m about to begin learning to fly cross country. The point of this isContinue reading “Performance Takeoffs and Landings”
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