Category: Cross Country Flights
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Gusty Crossing
Crosswinds are a fact of life for pilots. We deal with crosswinds on almost every landing. What happens when the AWOS isn’t reporting gusts, pre-flight WX briefing showed a moderate crosswind, but on approach conditions were far from what was expected. Let’s dig in and determine what, if anything, could have been done better on…
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Visiting Old Friends
KHEF -> KTHV My most recent flight (now several weeks ago due to an annual on the club airplane) took me back to Pennsylvania to visit a friend. It has been many years since we’ve seen each other, so it was nice to catch up an grab a $300? hamburger (it was a good burger…