Solo X-country question

[UnAnswerd]

When the time comes for a solo X-country, does the student typically get to choose his/her own destinations, or does the instructor mandate exactly where the student will go???

 

[Kream926]

both i think

for my private xc i decided to go to an airport that ive never been to before to get the full experience of pilotage and dead wreckoning and such. its alot of fun dude youll remember it forever, and all the other ones wont feel the same, untill your long commercial solo xc, but thats for a difrent thread.

have fun,

kream

 

[minitour]

untill your long commercial solo xc

never again THANK GOD!!!



I don't think I'd have a problem letting my student pick the xc destinations. There are some places I'd like them to try going to, but I'm not sure I'm going to dictate to them. I do want to give them instruction over the route for at least the first two...if they do more after that, I'm sure they will be juuuuust fine.

-mini

 

[Kream926]

mini

nice to see you back

where did ya go on long xc? i went to AMA
you gotta admitt it was fun, for the first hour or so
on the way back about 10mi outside OKC i started to see tulsa so i ditched the navlog aside and pointed the nose right at it, i looked down and realized that i was still like 90 or so out, ground speed like 74 in fitee-duece. good times

 

[minitour]

Some cow field in Texas...I took the lazy way out and followed airways. Chewed up more gas than I planned and took on 21 Gal when I landed...coming back the GS was considerably faster (in the 30kts faster range) but I forgot the "landings at 3 points" thing. Had to beg OKC to let me in the C w/o a mode-c read out since I didn't feel like popping in to David J. or CHK. Approach was nice but the tower guy aparently didn't get the memo that I was coming in w/o Mode-C...he was decent but..."one touch and go, then make a right turn to 090 and get out of my airspace" "yes sir" haha.

Geez what is that town in Texas...oh yeah, Dalhart! Decent restaurant on the field. Good hamburger at a good price, but all my "checkpoints" were oil rigs...and that was confusing...thank God for the airways.

Lost comms twice going there...good times.

I wanted to go down to G.Bush, but the 141 syllabus wouldn't allow it...that woulda been hella fun. Oh well.

The private solo xcs were fun tho...

-mini

 

[mnixon]

When the time comes for a solo X-country, does the student typically get to choose his/her own destinations, or does the instructor mandate exactly where the student will go???

I could care less just as long as the student is not a complete tard. Otherwise, they are going someplace we have already been together.

 

[nosehair]

does the student typically get to choose his/her own destinations, or does the instructor mandate exactly where the student will go???

Usually the instructor tells the student where to go at first. The instructor is responsible to provide the training and experience that will prepare the student pilot for Private Pilot priveleges in the real world. If the instructor allows the student to pick his own destinations, the student may only go to small but easy to find country airports and not gain traffic experience. Or only go to Tower controlled airports and not gain non-towered make-your-own-decisions kinds of airports. The list goes on, but in any case the instructor should see that you are gaining as much varied experience as is posible in the short amount of required solo x/c flying that you will do. If your instructor does not demonstrate a concern for your solo experience, I would advise you to find one who cares.

 

[moxiepilot]

mini & kream - you fellas out of RVS or TUL

 

[Kream926]

rvsssss

 

[minitour]

mini & kream - you fellas out of RVS or TUL

neither...but I was out of OUN...

-mini