ayavner Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 looking forward to that, looks like a lot of fun! How's everyone's experience been with them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Love it! Do it as much as I can. Usually one leg each flight, saw a shark of the coast on today's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Would have loved to see that, did you have a passenger to get a piccy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 No camera and CTA so a bit tough. What have you planned? Some great costal around Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Still coming up my way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yup, YCNK via YWVA.. should be there around 1330-ish? Not sure how long we'll stay, is there a cafe or facilities? Ben - just planning the last bit of the XC syllabus before my solo and test flights, a low level nav to YCNK and back (with a diversion in there somewhere) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I flew up to Willy at 5000 last week, does that count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 I think for you if it doesn't have FL in front of it, it counts!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 What a beautiful day it was yesterday, did our low-level navs up from Warnervale to Cessnock - what great fun, almost like driving a car; eyes outside a lot more and basically steering from point to point. I'll put the link to the blog when I get it written up. Diversions were equally fun and challenging, and I felt like I did really well with my in-flight mental maths. That's pretty much it for the XC syllabus, just need to do my solo and the test! Got a month before I can go up again, so will probably do a consolidation flight first so I'm not hopelessly rusty on the day. His plan for my solo looks like a tour of country NSW - Young, cootamundra, wyalong, forbes, parkes and back... hope there are some decent visual references out there, the map looks pretty sparse! Back in the office and it is too damn nice to be inside! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 One of the interesting features of the J170 & its 135Litres of fuel is that you could cover the total solo time requirement for your XC and very nearly your PAX endorsements in one flight! Not sure I would like to be tackling the landing after a 9 hour uninterrupted flight though :) Heres hoping the westerlies go easy on you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 its all in sight now~! Here's a photo: heading south from Cessnock between the hills en route to Warnervale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Your instructor was less of a sadist than mine, he planned a route which suddenly didn't have any major landmarks and told me to get down to 1000' - it was like driving a car, but across featureless paddocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Personally I always prefer to be looking down at those hills unless its the one next to the field. Was the Albatross still running when you were up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 and the long version: http://morerightrudder.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/third-navigation-exercise-low-level-navigation-and-diversions/ Bless my parents, they love to jump right in with a comment :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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