Low level Navs this weekend

[ayavner]

looking forward to that, looks like a lot of fun! How's everyone's experience been with them?

 

 

[ben87r]

Love it! Do it as much as I can. Usually one leg each flight, saw a shark of the coast on today's

 

 

[ayavner]

Would have loved to see that, did you have a passenger to get a piccy?

 

 

[ben87r]

No camera and CTA so a bit tough. What have you planned? Some great costal around Sydney

 

 

[shu77]

Still coming up my way?

 

 

[ayavner]

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)

 

 

[Guest Howard Hughes]

I flew up to Willy at 5000 last week, does that count!

 

 

[ayavner]

I think for you if it doesn't have FL in front of it, it counts!!

 

 

[ayavner]

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!

 

 

[shu77]

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.

 

 

[ayavner]

its all in sight now~! Here's a photo:

 

 

heading south from Cessnock between the hills en route to Warnervale.

 

 

[turboplanner]

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.

 

 

[shu77]

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?

 

 

[ayavner]

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 :-)