Night Cross Country

Kevin and I went to Modesto last night. Pretty uneventful, really; we just flew out to Sunol visually and then tracked the Modesto VOR in. Easy. The hardest part was figuring out where to turn downwind for a runway that's not visible. But even that wasn't too hard.

Kevin says that I'm doing really well, way ahead of schedule. He says the national average number of hours before getting a PPL is about 85, and around here it's close to 95! I'll get it done in about 70. So that's pretty cool. He was very excited about my landing in Palo Alto; he said it was great. I, however, realized that I forgot again to turn the controls into the wind after touchdown. I'll get it...

I also finally updated my online log book, and found that my math skills are a bit lacking. I was almost 20 landings off in my written log book! Crazy.

Next step: Phase check, Monday. Step after that, solo cross country back to Modesto. The follow up probably won't be needed either; I can just do my cross country then. I need to schedule my written exam.

The schedule:

Date/Time         AC         Note
2/6 1330 - 1900 Mon 6521J C-172 PAO X-co phase check
2/8 0930 - 1200 Wed 9849L C-172 PAO Phase check follow 
                                        up OR solo XC
2/9 1100 - 1400 Thu 6521J C-172 PAO Solo XC OR long solo XC
2/10 1330 - 1800 Fri 6521J C-172 PAO X-co phase check backup
                                        /long solo XC if needed
2/13 0830 - 1200 Mon 6521J C-172 PAO Check ride prep #1
2/14 1500 - 1800 Tue 6521J C-172 PAO Check ride prep #2
2/16 1500 - 1800 Thu 6521J C-172 PAO Check ride prep #3
2/18 1230 - 1600 Sat 6521J C-172 PAO Check ride prep backup
2/20 0830 - 1200 Mon 6521J C-172 PAO Check ride prep backup