Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Winter Setbacks

I had scheduled the Cessna 152 for my solo cross country on Saturday the 29th of January, but Tulsa and most of the mid-west United States got record snowfalls dumped on us. Melodie and I couldn't even get to work for several days. The snow finally let off, and we got the driveway shoveled, and then it snowed again.

I figured that a first VFR Cross Country flight, using ground points as reference, would probably not be in my best interest. "Fly 10 minutes to this featureless expanse of white snow, then once you are there, correct your course and fly another 10 minutes to the next featureless expanse of white snow."

I have had a couple of lessons since my last post, but they have been maneuvers practice, nothing new. I am at the point in my training where I can do everything required for the examiners check ride, it's just a matter of getting the altitudes and speeds and headings to within the tolerances of the test.

I have booked the Cessna 152 for this Saturday morning to get some solo traffic pattern practice done, it's been a few weeks since the last time I flew, so I want to get back into the groove before I take off headed for new and strange places, some of them up to 75 miles away!