Jhernandez04
Line Up and Wait
Finally did my XC with my instructor two days ago and now I'll be doing my solo XC today.
ADM to DUC
DUC to ADH
ADH to ADM
Wish me luck!!!
ADM to DUC
DUC to ADH
ADH to ADM
Wish me luck!!!
Solo XC
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acluffpoa
Pre-takeoff checklist
Have fun and good luck!
mchesney
Pre-Flight
Good luck! When I did mine...nervous as hell for the first 5 minutes of the flight then became just nervouse but more and more comfortable as the flight went on. By the time I got back...I was loving it!
Jhernandez04
Line Up and Wait
I feel like its the right time, not too nervous. Ready to prove to myself and family....
Everyone thinks Im crazy, except my 72 year old grandmother who went with us on my dual XC. She was RN for 43 years and has had to take patients in 210 cessnas. She loved it.
Everyone thinks Im crazy, except my 72 year old grandmother who went with us on my dual XC. She was RN for 43 years and has had to take patients in 210 cessnas. She loved it.
azure
Final Approach
Long solo XC is always great fun and a great learning experience! BTW I didn't recognize the airport identifiers so I plugged them into Skyvector as a flight plan and found the total distance to be 149.1 nm... same in Foreflight (149 nm). Is this to be your "long solo XC" or just your first solo XC? Or have they reduced the distance required for the long solo? It used to be 150 nm, and the DPE might be a stickler and not accept 149. I don't see any point in cutting it THAT close anyway. (Unless, of course, it's no longer 150... maybe they cut it down to 100? 
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denverpilot
Tied Down
Have fun.
Geico266
Touchdown! Greaser!
Enjoy the solitude.
marcoseddi
Cleared for Takeoff
lol i think that may be an issue the 149 there should be a comfort zone of +-1 KBLM to Atlantic city is 49.55 or something like that and you cant do a cross country there.
Jhernandez04
Line Up and Wait
This was my short xc.
My long will be Friday.
Report: the xc went great, landmarks were pretty easy. Had a few problems...
1.)Locating DUC from the air, took some flying around to find it.
2.) had flight following from ftworth (adm to DUC) was told to squawk to 122.6 so I put my radio on 122.6 and heard nothing until I switched to DUC traffic and heard them call my N number and I replied, they asked me if I was okay cause flight following couldn't reach me. Oooops
3.) ADH didn't have a ATIS report, so I got in the pattern and announced I was in a downwind for 17, crossed midfield to realize the windsock was telling me I needed to land on 35, turned out of the downwind and reported a base leg for 35 and then short final for 35. Went smooth
Felt soooo good!
My long will be Friday.
Report: the xc went great, landmarks were pretty easy. Had a few problems...
1.)Locating DUC from the air, took some flying around to find it.
2.) had flight following from ftworth (adm to DUC) was told to squawk to 122.6 so I put my radio on 122.6 and heard nothing until I switched to DUC traffic and heard them call my N number and I replied, they asked me if I was okay cause flight following couldn't reach me. Oooops
3.) ADH didn't have a ATIS report, so I got in the pattern and announced I was in a downwind for 17, crossed midfield to realize the windsock was telling me I needed to land on 35, turned out of the downwind and reported a base leg for 35 and then short final for 35. Went smooth
Felt soooo good!
JasonCT
Pattern Altitude
Woohoo enjoy! Brings back a great memory!