Showing posts with label NC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NC. Show all posts
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Flight Trip to Oak Island, NC - Nov. 3, 2011.
KTTA-KSUT
Flight over the Atlantic Ocean in Oak Island, NC
KSUT - KTTA
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Visit to the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, NC
On May 7, 2010, I visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Near the memorial, four stone markers proclaim to the world the successfull first flights performed by Orville and Wilbur Wright brothers on December 17, 1903. 
Sport flying has been a constant theme from early days of aviationThursday, January 7, 2010
Training: Trip to Gilliam-McConnell Short Airfield
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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