Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N13818 Length of Flight: 1.4 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 49.0 Hrs Altitude: 2500-4500 Feet Route: Whiteman – Torrance Cost: $171.70 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) This was really check ride prep #2, the cool new thing I did was fly directly over […]
Posted on September 29th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 2.5 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 47.6 Hrs Altitude: 3500-5500 Feet Route: Whiteman – Santa Barbara – Whiteman Cost: $226.25 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) Here’s the video!
Posted on September 23rd, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 1.5 Hrs – Dual Total Flight Hours to Date: 45.1 Hrs Altitude: 2500-4500 Feet Route: Whiteman – Van Nuys – Whiteman Cost: $180.75 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) This flight was the first of my “check ride prep” flights. It’s where Travis […]
Posted on September 16th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 2.2 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 43.6 Hrs Altitude: 2500-4500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Practice Area Cost: $199.10 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) Here’s the video!
Posted on September 15th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 1.5 Hrs – Dual Total Flight Hours to Date: 54.4 Hrs Altitude: 2000 Feet Route: Whiteman Pattern Cost: $180.75 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) I spent all day working on short and soft field takeoffs and landings with Travis. Let’s say you […]
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N13818 Length of Flight: 1.3 Hrs – Dual Total Flight Hours to Date: 53.2 Hrs Altitude: 2500-4500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Van Nuys to Whiteman Cost: $162.65 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) I needed more hours of flight time at night as well as more time […]
Posted on September 12th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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I was out of town this past weekend at the National Radial Engine Exhibition at Akron Colorado. (http://www.nationalradialengineexhibition.com) I actually went to high school there so it’s kind of ironic that this airshow is there. They also had a WWII re-enactment, complete with half-tracks and explosions and cool stuff like that. My friend from college […]
Posted on September 9th, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 2.0 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 51.9 Hrs Altitude: 2500-4500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Practice Area Cost: $181.00 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help)
Posted on September 2nd, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 2.3 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 49.9 Hrs Altitude: 5500-6500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Santa Ynez Cost: $238.15 Click to download the Google Earth flight path. (Google Earth Help) Here’s the video!
Posted on September 1st, 2007 by mikeinthesky
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