Recent content by Islandhopper

Brookhaven can definitely be busy but you'll find quiet hours. Try Westerly, RI it's not that far and pretty easy to get in and out. Plus cheap fuel. Depending on how experienced you are go for Montauk. It's an interesting approach but nice runway.

Sometimes it's best skipping those if it's tripping you up. King Schools does a great way of teaching it in regards to the test.

Fly the Hudson corridor in NYC.

You can fly the RNAV approaches to the LNAV minimum. Basically the same thing as when I fly a G1000 NON-WAAS system. There's a ton of approaches that you can still use.

OK I guess every CFI I've talked to is wrong as well! I guess it just seems stupid to log XC time just because it is far away from your home airport. Do the touch and goes miraculously make it one continuous flight? Apparently I don't do round robin flights all around with one 51nm leg thrown in...

No need to be rude or harsh. I simply was saying if his only two legs that were over 50nm had a stop at each those were the only XC flights. Sorry if I didn't read OPs flights clear enough. I used the "2.0" as an example. I didn't actually calculate what 95nm and 74 are in a C150.. Correct...

The whole situation seems fishy, especially the part about landing on a runway with perfectly good functioning lights in the OFF position. Good luck

Love Sheppard Air. It's cheap and effective! Did it for my IR and my CAX. It was easy! Scored higher on my actual written then on the practice ones..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSE8QK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s02 This one should do fine. If I recall you're only really using it as a ruler?

Plain and simple. You only log XC time if it was over 50nm straight line. So the 95nm leg and the 74nm legs are the only ones that can be logged as XC time. So if it was 5.1 total you can log 2.0 for example under the XC heading for how long those legs were total.

Again, call the testing center and confirm. I suggest: 1) drivers license 2) pencils 3) calculator (regular crappy one) 4) manual e6b or electronic if your lucky enough to own one. 5) plotter 6) bottle of water 7) lastly, REALLY make sure you are prepared for the test, don't go in unless...

I would suggest flying once or twice with another instructor. If you guys don't jive this early in the training, when you get to harder maneuvers or consider instrument training it will be the same arguments over and over. I've had this happen and benefit from a few different instructors for...