Cross-Country

 

Bring with you in the Cross Country Flight

• E6B flight Computer
• NAV Log
• Weights and Balance
• Performance Calculations 
• Pencle

Prior to Take off on a Cross Country Flight do the following:

• File a flight plan - 
• Write down take off time 
• Start your timer for timing calculation

Poilatage - to 1st way point.
Runway heading for a couple miles, then turn to your wind corrected heading to 1st waypoint
When open flight plan, you will recieve a squak code, and Altimeter Setting 

Things to do at every way point  (T-HAT)
1. TIME - Note Time,  Restart clock every time you reach a waypoint 
2. Heading
3. Altitude 
4. Turn Point

If you are behind on time, you need to validate you have enough fuel

Calculate Ground Speed -  on E6B  if it takes 15.5 mins to fly 11 miles setup the e6b to get the ground speed which is 42knots  (heavy headwind)

Distance remaining on  E6B 

Level off 
- Lean mixture
- Power setting
- Wind correction (headwind or tailwinds)
- Speed
Aviage, Navigate, Communicate

Clock  => Map => Ground 

Clock almost there then check map to make sure you did not look outside and mixup a wrong waypoint eg a road