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    Speeds when Transitioning from Approach to Final to Landing

    What are your norms for speeds and configurations on Instrument Approaches for a C172? My CFII says Between the IF and the FAF: 90 KIAS From FAF: slow to 80 KIAS, one notch of flaps, descend to MDA between -500fpm to -700fpm or adjust power to maintain Glideslope to the DA. Descending from...
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    2 different fuel flow figures in a Cruise Performance Chart for a constant speed prop. What??

    I’m trying to do some fuel calc for my first cross country in a DA40 with a constant prop and mixture + prop speed + throttle controls. From my fixed prop training, I had associated a specific RPM with a fuel flow. But this chart seems to suggest that you can get different flow rates at the...
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    Does the >150NM Solo Cross Country require 3 landings at controlled airfields? Is my CFI wrong??

    My CFI advised me to take off from my towered origin airport A, fly to nearby towered airport B, fly 60NM to uncontrolled airport C, then back to B, then back to A. That's 3 landings at three points (B, C, then B again), with 3 at towered airports (A, B, and B again). This makes no sense to me...
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    DPEs: how firm is the >50NM rule? Would distances of 49.5NM be rounded up?

    Hi everyone! I am planning my first solo cross country, and there is one airfield that is 49.5 miles away from my home airport as measured from the geographic centers of both airports. Would KLZU → KTOC be accepted by a DPE as a cross-country? I figure KAHN → KPDK at 48.9 NM is not acceptable...
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