Monthly Archives: February 2009

Lesson 19: Severe Turbulence

Posted on February 26, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight Time: 1.5 hours Total Hours: 22.9 Lesson 19 was scheduled for my night cross country. Riding the high of having done my first cross country two days previous, I was looking forward to a night flight … Continue reading →

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Lesson 18: Cross Country to Kenai

Posted on February 23, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.8 hours Total Hours: 21.4 After being grounded twice last week for overcast, fog and low cloud ceilings, a strong high pressure finally came into the Cook Inlet area and brought sunshine and blue skies. Prime weather … Continue reading →

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Lesson 17: Night Flying

Posted on February 17, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.2 hours Total Hours: 19.6 My first experience flying at night. The objective of this lesson was to teach me nighttime navigational techniques and how to be deal with some of the spacial disorientations and optical illusions … Continue reading →

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Solo Touch and Go Practice

Posted on February 14, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  .7 hours Total Hours: 18.4 At this stage in my flight training, I’m starting to take a close look at my progress and evaluate where I am in relationship to my lesson syllabus. Now that I’ve started to … Continue reading →

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Lesson 16: Instrument Reference, VOR Tracking, Crosswind Landings

Posted on February 12, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.0 hours Total Hours: 17.7 Fresh tracks on the runway today. I was the first one to takeoff after an afternoon of snowfall and runway 7 had about 3 inches of cover. After our climb, we headed … Continue reading →

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Lesson 15: Instrument Flying, VOR Navigation, Short & Soft Field Takeoffs & Landings

Posted on February 6, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.1 hours Total Hours: 16.7 My best landing yet! More on that in a bit. More hood time today. For .5 hours, I wore the ‘foggles’ and flew the plane using only instrument reference. In addition to … Continue reading →

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Lesson 14: Solo in the Practice Area

Posted on February 5, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.3 hours  Total Hours: 15.6 Today was my first solo flight away from the airport. My lesson plan was to fly over to the practice area and work on a specific list of maneuvers. It seemed simple … Continue reading →

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Lesson 13: Area Familiarization

Posted on February 4, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight  Time:  1.1 hours  Total Hours: 14.3 The goal for this lesson was for me to become familiar with the areas around Anchorage and to get a feel for basic VFR flight out in a real world setting. It … Continue reading →

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