long x-country

Did my long solo cross country today. With that I've pretty much got everything but hood time off the to-do list. Todays trip tops 50 hours for me. I'm getting very close!

The round robin journey today was actually very fun. I planned out a trip from Dayton Wright Brothers (MGY) to Muncie (MIE) to Sheridan (5I4) and back. I based these legs to correspond with certain VORs (Muncie and Richmond). I know, I know,... pilotage and dead reckoning are what matter for the checkride. I still planned out my cross country and used my checkpoints and everything. The VORs are just my safety net. The technology is there and it's stupid not to use it.

I did two landings at Muncie. That clears up the landings at a towered airport requirement. By the way... once you get used to it, talking to towers really isn't that scary. LOL. From there it was over to Sheridan. I actually stopped and visited the FBO (and the restroom) there. If any of you have ever been here, you'll know what I'm saying, but this place is in the middle of nowhere. It's a small, privately owned, but public use airport. We're talking a 3760x50 runway, so on a day with a decent cross-wind, you need to make sure you don't drift off center and hit a cow or something! But the locals were very friendly so it was worth the stop.


I'm very pleased with the way things have went since starting with my second instructor. I've learned more since beginning with him then I did the entire stretch from last summer I think. Now it's time to start cleaning up the scraps of the remaining requirements and get ready for the dreaded checkride! :)