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The planets, planes, weather, and instructor finally lined up, and I knocked out my 250nm long IR XC Saturday.
Nothing real earth shaking, as I've been doing mini-XC's with a safety pilot for a while now. Left Chattanooga, flew up to Knoxville, shot ILS 23R to a touch and go, then continued on to London, KY. Shot VOR 06 circling, landing on the active, 24.
Interesting here, there was a dry cold front passing thru, and the surface winds were quite strong. This is the first approach I've shot with significant turb, and we got knocked around pretty good. Strangely, I though it was quite fun to work the controls to keep the plane on course and altitude during the approach.
Full stop for bio and re-fuel breaks.
Then, back to Chattanooga, where I shot NDB 20 circling, then landing on the active, 02.
Great day of flying, 4.2 total, about 4.0 simulated. With this, I'm about 6 hrs shy of the 40 simulated needed, so I asked Ray where I stand. "Your flying skills are good, time to start studying for the oral. I think a checkride 1st or 2nd week of November is reasonable."
So, we're very close.....
I can't wait to be able to see again when flying...
Nothing real earth shaking, as I've been doing mini-XC's with a safety pilot for a while now. Left Chattanooga, flew up to Knoxville, shot ILS 23R to a touch and go, then continued on to London, KY. Shot VOR 06 circling, landing on the active, 24.
Interesting here, there was a dry cold front passing thru, and the surface winds were quite strong. This is the first approach I've shot with significant turb, and we got knocked around pretty good. Strangely, I though it was quite fun to work the controls to keep the plane on course and altitude during the approach.
Full stop for bio and re-fuel breaks.
Then, back to Chattanooga, where I shot NDB 20 circling, then landing on the active, 02.
Great day of flying, 4.2 total, about 4.0 simulated. With this, I'm about 6 hrs shy of the 40 simulated needed, so I asked Ray where I stand. "Your flying skills are good, time to start studying for the oral. I think a checkride 1st or 2nd week of November is reasonable."
So, we're very close.....
I can't wait to be able to see again when flying...
