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Short and Soft Field #2

Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N13818 Length of Flight: 1.0 Hrs – Dual Total Flight Hours to Date: 65.6 Hrs Altitude: 2000 Feet Route: Whiteman Cost: $120.50 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) Practicing again the short and soft field takeoffs and landings. I think I finally got it, had it pretty […]

Touch and Go’s at Van Nuys

Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N13818 Length of Flight: 1.2 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 63.5 Hrs Altitude: 2000 Feet Route: Whiteman – Van Nuys Cost: $108.60 Click to download the Google Earth Tour file (Google Earth Help) It was a crappy weather day, ceilings were about 3000ft with intermittent rain showers further out, […]

Mini-route over LAX

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 […]

Night Flight Under the Hood

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 […]

Solo Through Van Nuys

Aircraft: Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 1.3 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 34.5 Hrs Altitude: 3500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Whiteman Click to download the Google Earth flight path. (Google Earth Help) The rest of the pics This was one of my first solo flights to the Santa Clarita/Simi Valley. […]

Solo to the Valley

Aircraft: Cessna 172M – N13818 Length of Flight: 1.8 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 32.7 Hrs Altitude: 3500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Whiteman Click to download the Google Earth flight path.(Google Earth Help) This is the first time logging my flights with my GPS. If you click on the link above for […]