Aviation Insider - October 2009

	VOL 5 NO 9

Planning and Flying Your First Solo Cross Country
One of the most awe-inspiring and memorable flights - aside from your solo - is your first solo cross-country. As you taxi out to depart on that first solo cross-country, excitement builds. Mentally you conduct one last preflight checklist: Sectional map open and folded properly, check. Planning sheet in hand, check. Plotter and E6-B computer in the seat pocket, check. The compass heading for the first leg of your flight and the first checkpoint firmly implanted on your brain, check. But before you take off, putting together a good pre-flight plan in critical. Here’s this month’s tip

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