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Practice Landings on a Gravel Strip

Posted on April 23, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N13205 Flight Time: 1.2 hours Total Hours: 39.2 After flying less than perfect patters at Birchwood the other day, I felt I needed more practice landing at non-towered airports where I don’t have familiar visual cues to guide … Continue reading →

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Better Landings

Posted on April 8, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight Time: 1.0 hours Total Hours: 36.7 Thinking about what I still need to improve before my checkride, I decided to put in another hour of takeoff and landing practice and work on my short and soft … Continue reading →

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Lesson 22: Solo Cross Country to Soldotna

Posted on March 10, 2009 by admin

Aircraft: C172 N52654 Flight Time: 2.0 hours Total Hours: 29.6 I’m approaching 30 hours now, and looking forward towards my private pilot checkride, which at the current pace, should be sometime in April. As I make each new entry in my … 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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