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 | Aug 31, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I checked the weather just before leaving the office for the flight school. I was hoping that today would be the day for my cross country. Instead, since the weather over Upper Cumberland Regional was terrible, I would be doing something else. It was really odd...
by Matt | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I went in to the flight school today with the intention of flying a cross country to Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. The weather, however, had a different plan. Instead of flying to the cross country, since the weather was bad over the plateau, we decided that I...
by Matt | Aug 19, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
After taking a week off post-solo due to scheduling issues, I was looking forward to getting back in the cockpit. The last lesson was a ground lesson during which we covered cross-country planning and discussed how my first cross-country flight would go. The plan...
