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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!

Steep Turns On My Own

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!

National Radial Engine Exhibition

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 […]

Solo Flight with Commentary

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)

Long Cross-Country to Santa Ynez

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!

Solo to Santa Barbara

Aircraft:Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 2.0 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 47.6 Hrs Altitude: 4500-5500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Santa Barbara Cost: $181.00 Click to download the Google Earth flight path. (Google Earth Help) Here’s the video!

The Flight before the Solo Cross-Country

Aircraft: Cessna 172L – N19688 Length of Flight: 1.5 Hrs – Solo Total Flight Hours to Date: 45.6 Hrs Altitude: 3500 Feet Route: Whiteman to Whiteman Cost: $135.75 Click to download the Google Earth flight path. (Google Earth Help) Here’s the video!

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 […]