Scary Traffic Pattern Work

After having a break to study for the knowledge test and to celebrate passing the knowledge test, I decided to go flying. I scheduled some plane time and planned to do some touch and goes. It had been a little winy over the last few days, but upon arriving at the...

Second Cross-country Flight

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...

Trip Downtown

I had planned a new cross country to Cleveland Hardwick (HDI), but as I learned upon arrival at the flight center, I would not be making my cross country today.  Josh assured me that we would get it done in short order, but that it wasn’t happening today. ...

Pictures

The week after my solo, we started working on cross-country flying.  I had a week off following a ground lesson. It wasn’t really my choice –  the schedule filled up.  Then, I had a week with two lessons.  I went Wednesday evening for what I thought was a...

Twelfth Lesson – ground reference solo

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...