Since the Stanly County tower was closed on my last solo cross country, I lacked a full-stop landing at an operating tower controlled airport to meet...
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Final Instrument Training
I was really hoping to finish the 0.6 hours of remaining instrument work today, so I tried to get us up in the air as soon...
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Now that my solo cross country flights are out of the way, I’m ready to get the 1.2 remaining instrument hours finished. We had an evening...
Continue reading...Second Solo Cross Country!
My second (and last) solo cross country is done, and was almost a complete success. The plan was to go from Sanford (TTA) to Florence, SC...
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For the past three Monday nights I have been volunteering for “Maintenance Night” at the club. Every 50 hours of flight, the club airplanes undergo routine...
Continue reading...Second Solo Cross Country… almost.
I have been planning my second solo cross country from Sanford, to Florence, SC, to Albemarle, NC (Stanly County), and back to Sanford. It’s about a...
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Today I finally got a chance to work on instrument training. It was mostly calm, but there were several updrafts during the lesson that made holding...
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Today I was hoping to get in some instrument training. I’m almost two hours short of the requirements. Gene said it was a little too bumpy,...
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After my solo cross country, I was ready to work on the remainder of my training with Gene, but I noticed he was grounded due to...
Continue reading...Solo Cross Country!
The time has finally come for my solo cross country. For the first time I would be given the task of flying to an airport far...
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