After months of thinking about it and talking about it, I finally took step one of getting checked out in the club’s Cessna 172 (Skyhawk). After...
Continue reading...February 2008
Instrument Ground School – Class 5 of 10
Tonight we covered a lot of basic pilot material that I’d already learned as a VFR pilot like aerodynamics, airplane performance, instrument systems and failure modes....
Continue reading...Instrument Ground School – Class 4 of 10
Tonight we studied the plethora of non-precision approaches and studied in more detail the approach procedures and approach charts. There’s not much I could explain here...
Continue reading...Wilmington At Last!
Hunter and I finally made it to Wilmington, but not without delays. Wilmington is a towered airport, and though we were nervous about it, we’ve been...
Continue reading...Instrument Ground School – Class 3 of 10
We had our first quiz today on the material covered in the first two classes. I think I did ok. The quiz grades aren’t for anything...
Continue reading...Gusty gusts
Hunter and I planned to go to Wilmington again after our last attempt was foiled by a nose strut problem. This time we had gusty winds...
Continue reading...Instrument Ground School – Class 2 of 10
Tonight we primarily covered IFR low altitude enroute charts; really fun stuff. There’s a lot of information on those charts, so it wasn’t hard to fill...
Continue reading...Cessna 350 Show
Today at the Rocky Mount/Wilson (RWI) airport there was a show of new Cessna airplanes, including the new Cessna 350. The new 350 and 400 are...
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