Daniel L
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Well it happened at last with my first cross country. It was a bit over two hours round trip.
I was cautiously optimistic that I'd have calm winds at 5500 as the winds aloft predicted. It did, boy it was smooth as silk as we moved along.
On the return leg we did some simulated instrument and when he had me remove the hood he had me on a beautiful dog-leg approach for the airport. It was a nice descent but I ended up with too much energy and coasted a bit down the field before touching down.
My comms were solid, my major points were solid, usage of the map was on point, spotted the many instances of traffic along the way. Adjusted altitude as needed.
It was a perfect day to fly, and so glad I pleased my CFI.
Next flight up is a 3 hour cross country, which will get us to my 5 hours.
From there, i have some solo cross country and some night flying to cover and it'll be time for check ride prep.
My written is in a few weeks. Pretty much ready for it. Just have a few more rounds of flash cards to study and it's solid.
Mid to late July is my goal for getting my PPL. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
By the way, the controllers at KMOD are the nicest set of controllers I've yet encountered.
I was cautiously optimistic that I'd have calm winds at 5500 as the winds aloft predicted. It did, boy it was smooth as silk as we moved along.
On the return leg we did some simulated instrument and when he had me remove the hood he had me on a beautiful dog-leg approach for the airport. It was a nice descent but I ended up with too much energy and coasted a bit down the field before touching down.
My comms were solid, my major points were solid, usage of the map was on point, spotted the many instances of traffic along the way. Adjusted altitude as needed.
It was a perfect day to fly, and so glad I pleased my CFI.
Next flight up is a 3 hour cross country, which will get us to my 5 hours.
From there, i have some solo cross country and some night flying to cover and it'll be time for check ride prep.
My written is in a few weeks. Pretty much ready for it. Just have a few more rounds of flash cards to study and it's solid.
Mid to late July is my goal for getting my PPL. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
By the way, the controllers at KMOD are the nicest set of controllers I've yet encountered.