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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: January 2005

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What was easy for me to visualize reading the grid in the book was not so easy to visualize on the sectional. The minimums don't change that much for most of the controlled airspace, but the Class G rules really tripped me up. From now on when I study the minimums at home I'm going to do it with a sectional in front of me. I also didn't realize until C told me that the victor airways, even when running through Class G airspace, are considered Class E controlled airspace. About the time we were finished g...

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: October 2005

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I can check the Knowledge Test off my list. I went and took the written Knowledge Test this morning and scored a 90%. That means that I can now fly my solo cross-country flights . well, once I regain currency by doing another dual cross-country with my instructor. It's been over 20 days since my last flight. Posted by AirmanChet at 13:46. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Aviation Weather Center by NOAA. FAA - NACO Online Charts. FAA - Notice to Airmen. FAA - Special Use Airspace Activity Map.

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: November 2005

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Lesson 26 - First Solo X-Country Flight. On 11/29 I flew my first solo cross-country. I had the 172SP reserved from 9am to 1pm and I planned to fly to Ardmore, OK and back. That morning I arrived at Monarch about an hour and half early and used a computer to sign into duats.com and get a standard route briefing. I then updated my flight plan with the latest winds aloft information. It was a beautiful day. That Addison metar at my departure time was:. KADS 291547Z 33010G15KT 13SM SKC 07/M04 A3019. He's bu...

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: April 2005

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Lesson 16 - First solo in the practice area. Great flight today even though I made one major mistake (more on that later). Today I scheduled to take N5359K out for my first solo into the practice area. I tried this yesterday but the winds were over both my overall and crosswind limits. Today's winds were forecasted to be light and sure enough the 0547 metar from Addison reported winds as calm. So I got my standard briefing from Duats (there's a lot of stuff there, 25 printed pages worth! Then I decided t...

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: March 2005

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Lesson 14 - Solo! This is something I haven't done before . taken a picture during a lesson. There's so much to concentrate on that messin' with a camera just seems silly. But today I really had the urge to bring my camera. That's Denton Airport (KDTO) down there after just turning downwind for runway 35. What's special about this photo is that the only person in the plane when I took it was me! The weather gods are on my side today:. This time, as we turned onto the downwind C told me . "try this, g...

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: June 2005

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Lesson 21 - First cross-country flight. Addison, TX (KADS) to Ardmore, OK (KADM). The plan going up is pure pilotage, no navaids. Coming back we'll use GPS. Checkpoint - Planned ETA - Actual ETA. KADS - xx - 2013Z (departure). Lake Ray Roberts Dam - 2022Z - 2024Z. Lake Ray Roberts North Tip - 2028Z - 2030Z. Gainsville, TX crossing Highway 82 - 2034Z - 2034Z. Marietta, OK cluster of towers - 2045Z - 2040Z. Lake Murray State Park Airport - 2050Z - 2050Z. KADM - 2059Z - 2103Z. We pulled up to Lakeland Aviat...

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Aviate::Navigate::Communicate: May 2005

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What a fun lesson today! I was scheduled to take N358TW out at 0800 with my instructor, C, to practice VOR tracking. I was really looking forward to this new addition to the school's fleet because today's temp was to be in the low 90s and this plane has air conditioning! For the same rental charge as the other non-air conditioned Skyhawks. In Texas you would think they could charge extra for that). I show C my sectional where I had marked out the radials to take us to the Bonham VOR and then over to Gray...