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”
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”
Beyond My Limits…So Far
METAR: KXXX 021917Z AUTO 25011G20KT 10SM CLR 08/00 A2954 RMK AO2 T00970005 So far, Mother Nature has had two modes with me – terribly gust winds or low ceilings. Today turned into the former, but when I arrived at the airport it did not look that bad. Originally it was 11 to 20 knots mostlyContinue reading “Beyond My Limits…So Far”
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