Last lesson we had discussed a brief ground lesson to cover some things that the examiner had asked on a recent check ride. Due to scheduling issues, I had scheduled a shorter amount of time than I thought would be necessary to do any decent amount of flying. Naturally, I had assumed we would do... Read more »
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Long Solo Cross Country
On the one leg I wanted to have a GPS backup, I had no GPS. It turns out that what I had interpreted as the GPS having no location data, was actually me having put in the wrong airport identifier. It now thought I was headed to Greene County and that it was K0VG...I turned down the brightness and left it. I would just have to make sure I stayed on course.... Read more »
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After that little event, I opted to call Knoxville Approach (it was time anyway) and get started on my descent. They set me up for a base to 23R and I performed what seemed to me to be an exceptional descent and landing. It was a nice smooth descent of about 200 feet per minute that basically stopped when I greased the landing.... Read more »
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Second Cross-country Flight
After we crossed the Cumberlands, the sky was clear. It is very interesting to go from dodging clouds to a completely clear sky in a matter of seconds. Not long after crossing the mountains, we had the field in sight. The wind was negligible and was reported as variable, which led us to select runway 6. It would make for an easy landing and a quick turn around, but on listening to the CTAF, we discovered that there was traffic in the area and they intended to use 24. We elected to follow suit and entered on the 45 for a left downwind for 24.... Read more »
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First Cross-country flight
The other end of the airport is surrounded by ridiculously huge houses. One of which is on a hill straight in line with the runway. It is crazy.... Read more »
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Hello, my name is Matt Everett and as of 1/1/2010 I am a private pilot ASEL. I started this blog early in my training and used it primarily as a place to keep notes of my lessons. Since then it has grown to much more than that, but my main focus is still on aviation experiences. It is my sincerest hope that this blog is a resource for others as much as it is a resource for me. Looking for more?
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