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Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 12:22 am
by Onewinglo
Guys, I flew my 170A from Hammond, LA to Newberry, SC today. My first real cross country, a little over 500 NM. Man am I tired! Most of the trip was at 5500' so I leaned the mixture for the first time. It's was a bit spooky when the engine RPM suddenly dropped on my first attempt. I quickly developed a keen ear for RPM and a micrometer touch!
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 1:56 am
by jmurtap
Haha I know what you mean!!! How long did it take you?
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:44 pm
by Onewinglo
Jason, it was about 5 hours flying time and almost 7 hours total time with two stops. An adventure for sure.
JP
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 1:00 am
by KG
Where did you wind up making your stops? just curious.....
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 2:36 am
by flyboy122
Congrats! While a few hairy chested manly men may disagree, 5 hours hand flying is a long day for most pilots. Good job.
DEM
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:03 pm
by Onewinglo
KG wrote:Where did you wind up making your stops? just curious.....
I stopped at KGZH Evergreen, AL and KOPN Thomaston GA. KOPN was having a benefit event giving rides and a big twin was unloading skydivers at 12000' so it was a bit busy when I landed. I was entering downwind when I hear "skydivers are out over Thomaston..." Not knowing the rules I reasoned I could get to the ground sooner than they would. As I was grounding my 170 at the pump they began dropping all around. It was pretty cool to see.
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:23 pm
by KG
Wish I had been there to greet you in Thomaston but I was working. Yes, those parachutes are cool to watch and as far as I can tell the rule is that you just fly a normal pattern and they come down in the center. I NEVER fly across mid field there because of them. They jump pretty much every weekend that the weather permits.
Newberry SC is where I stopped a few years ago and the nice man from the FAA gave me a ramp inspection. Left me with a bad impression of the Charlotte FSDO.
When will you fly back?
Keith
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 12:02 am
by Onewinglo
KG wrote:When will you fly back?
Keith
Keith, I plan to head back Saturday, weather permitting.
Re: Flew my first cross country today
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 2:31 pm
by KG
Onewinglo wrote:KG wrote:When will you fly back?
Keith
Keith, I plan to head back Saturday, weather permitting.
I'll be working again this Saturday... If you stop at Thomaston again you can bet the jumpers will be active on the weekend. Just fly a normal pattern even if you have to go all the way around the airport and don't cut across mid field and you won't hit the chutes...