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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 […]

Final Cross Country to Santa Barbara

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!

Checkride Prep 1

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 […]

Short and Soft Field with Travis

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 […]

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 […]