I did..

First was about 30 mins each way to Class D, and then went to the beach to eat seafood, and back.

You'll not do the x-country planning well enough. Trust me. :)

Make sure you make a good note of which runways they are - you'll probably be cleared to land before you see the airport - and they'll tell you to make a 2 mile right base or something unusual... after being ingrained with the pattern, it'll catch you off-guard. :)

I've never flown a 172, have you flown a 150 or 152? I've gotta believe there's a non-trivial difference.

I imagine that'll scare hell out of me.

Nah, power-ons aren't scary, just you're pointed up at the sky... pushed back in the seat - and slowing down. :)

When I'm doing it, it doesn't seem that big a deal, but knowing that I could enter a spin if I don't keep those wings level,

NO!

Don't think wings. Think rudder. Rudder. Rudder. :)

(assuming I can get some time between now and then to commit all those FAR's to memory).

I did it as I went along... Got the jeppeson tapes, and If I'd stop mudding, should watch them. :)

Addison

Nope. I don't fit in a 152. Well, I do, but not a CFI to check me out on it, too.

I hear they're a little more nimble, more fighterlike. 172's are supposedly a bit more stable. Of course, the change in the solo/CFI are a lot more drastic, I hear. :)

I almost took lessons in a 172 (I hope to buy one in Summer '03).

Not a bad move to do that - insurance will be less the more hours and time in type you've got.

which, btw, is not approved for spins :-)

Actually, they are. I almost spun once, went about 90 degrees to the left in under a second.

Wasn't as scary at the time that it is now.

I'm going to find somebodywhich, btw, is not approved for spins :-) who's got a spinnable plane, and I intend to go ahead and spin a few times. I've read a lot of older-time pilots talking about how silly it is *not* to teach spins.

So I'm going to go up and spin a few times, and be certain I know how to get out of them. :)

Right now?

22.3 PIC, 46.1 Dual. 68.4 total.

Nope, course not.

Can't afford a 172. :)

Not a current one, anyway. $55-60. For that I can get a Cherokee 180, with more performance, maybe even the Grumman Tiger I *really* want.

Insurance - nothing right now, I'm under my CFI's. I've been quoted about $960 from AOPA for renters insurance.

Don't know what your CFI told you. Plot where your Top Of Climb will be, because if your direction is off, you might can see it by then. (And it really confuses the time to have the first waypoint somewhere else).

So have a line there. Make a note somewhere of FSS and such, approaches you might want to get flight following from.

My flight instructor jumped me with "where are we' and "when will we be" etc.. so get a watch (one on your hand doesn't work well. :) - I got a $10 cheapo, with big display, and put it with some velcro straps from a server rack around my clipboard (you need a clipboard), and then when I get to a waypoint, note when, and then know how far to the next one.

Addison

my CFIs have insurance to cover me, so its not an issue right now.

Days like that might be good, might be bad. I've flown on days with 40% TS - because they were already past.

Nah, he'll wait for you/let you screw up first. :)


Addison