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 | Nov 27, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Most of my flying for the last little bit has been solo, but today was a dual lesson. The plan was to cover everything and take stock of where I was with regard to maneuvers and then call it a day. After a brief conversation about what we would be doing, I headed...
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 | Oct 18, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
It has been just under two weeks since my last lesson. My next scheduled lesson was to be Monday the 19th, but I got a call from Josh on Saturday about flying Sunday afternoon. I was at the Foothills Fall Festival when I got the call, and I knew my wife...
