by Matt | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog, Fun Flying, Milestones
Since I already plan to get an instrument rating, I decided that I needed to start building cross country time. I’ll probably do quite a few short cross countries before I do anything long. I have these ideas floating around, but I don’t know about taking...
by Matt | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Flight Planning at SkyVector.com An element of my training that had until now been overlooked was my night flying. There are several night flying requirements in the Private Pilot curriculum including: 3 hours of required night flying, 10 take offs and landings to a...
by Matt | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Since Josh was still gone, I was to fly my second solo cross-country, the long one. The standard is it must be at least 150 nautical miles and there must be landings at three airports. I needed 3 more hours of solo cross-country time and I felt the best way to make...
by Matt | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I had less than 24 hours of downtime to prepare for my solo cross-country. Josh was heading out-of-town at noon and I was flying at 3. Nathan would sign me off. That was the plan. I elected to cheat a little and reuse a cross-country I had already planned but...
by Matt | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I left the airport and immediately started planning my next cross country, which would be to London-Corbin (LOZ) in Kentucky. It was of vital importance that I get most of the planning done because, for the first time in my training, I would be flying with less than...
