I thought I knew most of the absolute basics involved in flying. But today, I learned something entirely new. I was told that durring a X-country, you typically fly at full-throttle. I was pretty surprised. Even a textbook as good as Machado's hadn't made any mention of this. Durring those short flights to the practice area, I've always been told to cruise at 2350RPM in the Cherokee 140. Maybe I was wrong in assuming that 2350RPM was a "cruise" setting. Nevertheless, flying for long distances at full-throttle seems pretty intense. I guess those XC's are gonna be LOUD.