Sunday, June 28, 2009

Last Cross Country Solo

Well, I've been a little late filling my entries for my blog, so here's getting it up to date.
On May the 19th I went on my last cross country solo flight. I took the same route from PDK Atlanta to Anderson, SC, then on to Gainesville, GA and back to PDK. The flight itself was fairly straightforward and I was able to fly my flight plan without difficulty.
Once I landed in Anderson I got my bearings set for Gainsville, took off and flew direct to the airport. (I'll include some pictures I took while flying once I can get them off my iPhone.

When I got to Gainesville the left tank was a little empty so I filled up at the FBO and proceeded on my way back to PDK.
As soon as I gained some altitude I saw there was some light rain falling between me and PDK. The visibility was still good and I could see past the airport to downtown Atlanta so I decided to go for it instead of turning back to Gainesville. The rain I encountered was fairly light and only in a few sections, so my "go" decision turned out to be the right one.
By the time I got to the airport there was a little rain falling and although the visibility was a little less, it was still easy to fly through. I landed on runway 27 and taxied back to the flight school.
I found out my instructors were a little worried as they called me on my cell phone while I was on my way back to Atlanta to see if I had turned around, so they were glad to see that I was able to make it back safely and made the right calls.

And so concluded the last solo flight I needed putting me just over the amount of Solo flight requirements I needed to complete my flight requirements. Now onto the checkride...

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