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| JULY
2009 Volume 3, Issue 7 |
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| Welcome
to Reach for the Sky, EAA's monthly
e-newsletter written and created for people who
are interested in learning how to fly. This
month Certified Flight Instructor Steve Krog
gives us the third installment in preparing and
planning a successful cross-country flight.
Introducing us to the Airport Facility
Directory, or that "little ugly green
book," Steve explains the importance of
this tool in helping us better prepare and avoid
potential problems. In this month's "A
Personal View," Martin Walke takes us
through his journey to becoming a pilot and
explains how the encouragement of others helped
him achieve his goals.
As always, feel
free to forward your copy to someone who might
like to receive the newsletter. And remember,
you don't need to be an EAA member to subscribe.
Note: If you're a
pilot just starting out and would like to share
your story, or if you have a question about flight
training, drop us an e-mail at LearnToFly@eaa.org.
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In
this issue...
- Planning
Your First Cross Country - Part 3 -
Steve Krog, CFI, Editor
- Update:
Earning My Wings video blog - Brady
Lane, EAA Multimedia Journalist
- What You're
Asking - Questions for your instructor
- A Personal
View - Flying High - Martin Walke
- Aviation
Glossary - Learning the language of
flight
- This
Month's Poll - Will you be at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2009?
- Did You
Know? - Facts and information on the
world of flight
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Planning
Your First Cross-Country - Part 3
By Steve Krog
Preparation and
planning are vitally important to a successful
cross-country flight. Unlike auto travel, flying
doesn't provide you the luxury of pulling into a
rest area to review the map and figure out where
you are or where you're going! Consequently,
good preflight planning is essential to making
and completing a safe, fun, and successful trip.
One of the key items required to plan for a safe
cross-country flight is the Airport Facility
Directory (AFD), which is sometimes referred to
as the "little ugly green book." Let's
take a look at what the AFD has to offer.
[ Read
more
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Update:
Earning My Wings: A video blog about learning to
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Brady Lane
Scheduling
my Checkride
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| Well,
the big day is finally here. I'm ready
for a checkride.
Jason and
I flew twice last week as a final review
for the checkride. It was more of a
confidence boost than anything. I'm
amazed how much of this is mental. I've
been doing the maneuvers for a couple
weeks now, but finally I can do them
confidently. These last two flights with
Jason convinced me that yes, I am ready.
So, as
I'm getting ready to call and schedule
my checkride, I'm excited beyond belief,
but can already feel the butterflies.
Be sure
to watch the blog for updates.
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Using cockpit cameras, Brady is
recording video of every flight lesson
and posting them at www.EAA.org/wings/.
He encourages you to visit the blog
regularly for updates and invites you to
leave comments and questions.
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A Personal
View - Flying High |
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| By
Martin Walke
According to my
parents, it seems I was always interested in
aviation. They tell me that when I was just a
toddler playing outside, I would look skyward
whenever a plane flew overhead.
We live in the
Orlando, Florida, area and my father took me
with him to Lakeland most every April to the Sun
'n Fun air show where we watched airplanes from
practically every era perform aerobatic
maneuvers. And it was there in Lakeland in 2004
that I took my first flying lesson. [ Read
more ]
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balloon -
lighter-than-air non-steerable aircraft that is
not engine driven. Its rising capability comes
from gases or hot air that is used to fill the
bag.
carburetor -
consists of a main air passage through which the
engine draws its supply of air, a mechanism to
control the quantity of fuel discharged in
relation to the flow of air, and a means of
regulating the quantity of fuel/air mixture
delivered to the engine cylinders.
[ more
glossary terms
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Last
month's poll: We
asked, "How Many Hours Have You Flown?
Almost half of the people who responded have
"0-15" hours. The other majority (28
percent) of you have "64+" hours. The
remaining responses were across the board with
22 percent of you having between 16 and 63 hours
of flight time.
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Did you know .
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 In
the early days of airliners, because there
were no runways long enough for really big
airplanes, large seaplanes were built to cross the
ocean. The Boeing 314 and Martin Clipper are two of
these neat airplanes called "flying
boats." They never had wheels, and always flew
off the water.
EAA was founded
by Paul Poberezny in 1953 as a local club
for people who wanted to build their own airplanes.
The organization has grown over the years and has
more than 170,000 members all over the world. For
more EAA history, visit http://www.eaa.org/about/chronology.asp
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A moment to
join, a lifetime to fly
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 If
you’re preparing to become a pilot, the EAA
community is here for you. Membership gives you
access to the collective passion, knowledge,
experience, and support of 170,000 members
worldwide. You'll get to participate in EAA
events, connect with fellow members, and have
access to the tools and resources to get you
airborne. Join the fun by visiting http://www.eaa.org/membership/benefits.asp
today.
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Reach for the Sky - EAA's Guide to Learning
to Fly and Light-Sport Aircraft
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 EAA’s
guide to learning to fly and light-sport aircraft
is a resource to help anyone take the first
steps toward becoming a pilot. Whether you want to
have fun in a powered parachute or one day want to
command a Mars mission, Reach for the Sky is a
great place to start. It is
available
as a PDF
that will take a few minutes to download with a
high-speed connection.
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