by Matt | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
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. ...
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...
by Matt | Sep 13, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons, Milestones
To make a long story short, I completed my first cross country. We flew to Cleveland Hardwick. It was a nice flight and it only takes about a half hour to get there. I was a little nervous, but I knew that I had planned everything and that it was a good day to...
