Today, I made a trip to the Gilliam-McConnell Airfield (5NC3) situated in the Town of Carthage, NC under the supervision of my Flight Instructor, Jim Schmidt in the Allegro 2007 (N192AW) glass-cockpit LSA. It's runways 13-31are short-field (2538x36 ft) surrounded by tall trees. We prepared the flight plan for the 25 SM each-way trip and cruised at 2,500 ft at TAS of 105 MPH. I performed a normal takeoff from KTTA with flap 1 and followed a magnetic course of 237. Performed dead reckoning and pilotage along the way. I followed the power lines all the way from KTTA to 5NC3. After descending to 1500 ft, I performed a short-field landing at RWY 31. But, Jim had to add a little power to avoid stall speed just before landing. Performed back taxi to RWY 31 and took-off to KTTA at a magnetic course of 56. With a tail-wind, the 105 MPH TAS gave a 120 MPH ground speed. Upon reaching the KTTA, performed a short-field landing at RWY 03 and earned a 'lousy' land-o-meter comment from Jim as I failed to compensate for the drift to the right.
B Bar D Aviation - Allegro 2007
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