300 mile cross country
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
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I did Denham-Land's End (St Just) & return, all in one day, in a Rallye, 40 kt easterly @ 2,000'. Took 7 1/2 hrs! all in one day. A few fuel stops along the way back. Numb bum at the finish, then off to a night shift! Ah, the folly of youth...
Seemed to have satisfied the CAA. Kept the landing fee reciepts for a while, was never asked for them.
Cheers,
TheOddOne
Seemed to have satisfied the CAA. Kept the landing fee reciepts for a while, was never asked for them.
Cheers,
TheOddOne
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Well guys, I happily completed my 300nm at the back end of Feb, but like many other intrepid aviators on a 'long haul', it didn't go according to plan.
Objective No 1: Fly 300nm. No problem
Objective No 2: Achieve the first objective as cheaply as possible.
That was it really. I achieved No1 but fell short of 2!
And the lessons to be learned when flying on a micro-budget.
Well, I planned to use the Free landings in Flyer magazine: So Coventry, Cardiff, Sheffield and back with a convenient planned dogleg to stretch 292nm to 300+nm. Good idea eh!
I bought the Flyer magazine as soon as it appeared in the shop window, around the 6th Feb. I did think that it was late getting to the shelves, but at least I had it. On the day of the great flight, I planned, I checked, I rechecked, and with Flyer under arm I set off.
Oh, the flight to Cardiff was a breeze, and I was so relaxed as I checked in at The Cardiff Flying Academy. I told them of my bold plan, and offered the free landing fee slip, only to be told that the free landings at Cardiff were for March.
WHAAAT!!! I checked my Flyer, and sure enough I'd bought the March edition. I must apologise to Flyer now because no doubt many of you will have clicked you tongues, knowing how early Flyer appears on the shelves.........and I didn't. What a giveaway. I'll buy it more often now, honestly Mr Seager.
Ok said I. I paid up (what choice did I have). I replanned, and decided to do 312nm back to Coventry via Caernarfon. That shouldn't be too expensive!
I made Caernarfon without bother or fuss, but the little old 150 needed some juice, so I filled up and 'I still had to pay the landing fee'.
I made it back to Cov, and on cross examination with my peers found out that had I gone to Sheffield as planned I would have saved the landing fee by filling up, and it would probably have been cheaper fuel at Sheffield as well.
So there it is. A wonderful flight, totally not as originally planned, and costing more.
We all learn don't we! All the time!!!
Objective No 1: Fly 300nm. No problem
Objective No 2: Achieve the first objective as cheaply as possible.
That was it really. I achieved No1 but fell short of 2!
And the lessons to be learned when flying on a micro-budget.
Well, I planned to use the Free landings in Flyer magazine: So Coventry, Cardiff, Sheffield and back with a convenient planned dogleg to stretch 292nm to 300+nm. Good idea eh!
I bought the Flyer magazine as soon as it appeared in the shop window, around the 6th Feb. I did think that it was late getting to the shelves, but at least I had it. On the day of the great flight, I planned, I checked, I rechecked, and with Flyer under arm I set off.
Oh, the flight to Cardiff was a breeze, and I was so relaxed as I checked in at The Cardiff Flying Academy. I told them of my bold plan, and offered the free landing fee slip, only to be told that the free landings at Cardiff were for March.
WHAAAT!!! I checked my Flyer, and sure enough I'd bought the March edition. I must apologise to Flyer now because no doubt many of you will have clicked you tongues, knowing how early Flyer appears on the shelves.........and I didn't. What a giveaway. I'll buy it more often now, honestly Mr Seager.
Ok said I. I paid up (what choice did I have). I replanned, and decided to do 312nm back to Coventry via Caernarfon. That shouldn't be too expensive!
I made Caernarfon without bother or fuss, but the little old 150 needed some juice, so I filled up and 'I still had to pay the landing fee'.
I made it back to Cov, and on cross examination with my peers found out that had I gone to Sheffield as planned I would have saved the landing fee by filling up, and it would probably have been cheaper fuel at Sheffield as well.
So there it is. A wonderful flight, totally not as originally planned, and costing more.
We all learn don't we! All the time!!!
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Did mine last week in Oklahoma. Riverside - Ardmore - Fort Smith. Had a Citation holding short for me landing in Fort Smith then as I was taxiing to the FBO for refuelling the nice woman in the tower had an F-18 Hornet wait for me, had to taxi all the way up to him then turn off right in front of him. Pretty intimidating looking down the nose of an F-18 when you're sat in a C152! The pilot actually saluted me as he taxied past - only in America!!!! Then to put the tin lid on it I was guided to parking by a marshaller!! Kind of wish I could do it over and over again, stuck in the Sim for the next 20 hours. Ah well, I guess it's all part of the learning curve!
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Not wishing to hijack another thread but......
I read one of the routes from VOR to VOR to VOR etc. Isn't the idea to VFR nav and apply the clock/map/ground and correction techniques?
Secondly, I'm always interested to hear peoples views about flying over large expanse of water in a single engine aircraft, especially in something like a PA28 where the door is on the other side of the plane.
I read one of the routes from VOR to VOR to VOR etc. Isn't the idea to VFR nav and apply the clock/map/ground and correction techniques?
Secondly, I'm always interested to hear peoples views about flying over large expanse of water in a single engine aircraft, especially in something like a PA28 where the door is on the other side of the plane.
