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IFR Cross Country Flight Planning Guide. Day before the flight: Gather current low enroute charts, approach charts, Chart Supplement, navigation log, POH performance data, flight computer, etc. Destination Airport: Weather: Can you and do you want to go based on current and forecast data?
Flight Planning 1-1 CROSS COUNTRY PLANNING AND FLYING GUIDE Chapter One PLANNING AND EXECUTING THE FLIGHT Perhaps everyone has, at one time or another, experienced a learning situation (public school or flight school) where an instructor asks a question and the stu-dent draws a blank. We aren’t talking about the temporary situation where anxi-
IFR cross country pre-planning, including the PAVE checklist, looking at the overall weather picture. How to plan an IFR route using airways, or how to find preferred routes. How to determine the appropriate Instrument Departure Procedure from controlled and uncontrolled airports.
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VFR Cross Country Flight Plan Guide Day before flight: 1. Gather current charts, A/FD, navigation log, POH performance data, flight computer, etc. 2. Spread out charts and eyeball approximate route of flight considering the following: • Route: Try to choose the most direct route but consider terrain during the climb, en route and descent.
There are six steps in preparing a cross-country profile: I) Use the aeronautical chart to plot the cross county flight, 2) Calculate two glide ratios over the ground (one flying into a headwind, the other flying with a tailwind), 3) Find the wind speed and direction aloft.
Introduction: Flight planning is the process in which a pilot prepares for an upcoming flight. While often associated with completing a navigation log for a cross-country, flight planning is a process that must be conducted even for local flights in the traffic pattern.
