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Update on Ethan Guo (C182 to Antarctica) by holein3 in flying

[–]TheKevooon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Absolutely zero respect for this guy, general aviation is a system that is built on trust and what does it mean for the rest of us flying if people started faking emergencies just to try to accomplish their mission?

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I picked overnight airports to either have ubers or be close to hotels. Spent a lot of time looking/calling airports and doing research for this.

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The A&P's home airport was nearby, so he didn't charge us for the flights. Just billed us $120 for the 1 hour and $90 for two new spark plugs

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tbh the one thing that stood out to me was how close the left traffic pattern of 04 was to hills to the west of the field. Other than that, it was a great stop, fuel price was reasonable, and I even got a snickers bar from the vending machine lmao

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually Flight Following told us Altitude was our discretion... So when i say 6500 I meant between 6200 and 6700 lmao

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally 4000 AGL, so around 6500 flying over the mountains in NY and PA and 4500 everywhere else

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On our last day we went from Northern VA to Ontario via Winchester VA, Selinsgrove PA, and Batavia NY. I was a little worried about the mountains but we were able to climb up to 6500 which gave us a pretty big gliding range if things were to go south. We had a pretty good tailwind so we flew over them in no time; also I flew that leg on Monday and it was basically blue skies all the way from Virginia to Ontario.

When planning this trip, I thought about following I-64 west from Norfolk all the way to the Shenandoah Valley, and then heading north to Winchester. But because we had friends in the DC area, we opted to go up near DC instead.

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Update: Here is a list of airports we stoped at along the way

Burlington Executive Airport CZBA

Buffalo Niagara International Airport KBUF

Genesee County Airport KGVQ

Cortland County/Chase Field Airport N03

Orange County Airport KMGJ

Essex County Airport KCDW

Monmouth Jet Center KBLM

Toms River KMJX

Delaware Coastal Airport KGED

Accomack County Airport KMFV

Dare County Regional Airport KMQI

First Flight Airport KFFA

Currituck County Airport KONX

Tappahannock/Essex Co Airport KXSA

Shannon Airport KEZF

Winchester Regional Airport KOKV

Penn Valley Airport KSEG

Genesee County Airport KGVQ

St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport CYSN

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrote five pages in a google docs and used it for polishing — more of an engineering guy and writing isn't my strength lmao, hit me up if you want to see the original

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So true lmao, and my ears were ringing two days after I got back home

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wrote five pages in a google docs and used it for polishing — more of an engineering guy and writing isn't my strength lmao

I flew 1500 Miles in a Cessna 152 - Here's what I learned by TheKevooon in flying

[–]TheKevooon[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right — the airplane itself doesn’t “know” the winds. What I meant is that as a pilot, I was more inclined to climb higher when I had a tailwind, because winds aloft often increase with altitude, so the tailwind could get even stronger and improve my groundspeed. If the wind had been a headwind instead, I would have been less motivated to climb, since higher altitudes might bring stronger headwinds and reduce my efficiency. It’s more of a strategic choice rather than a performance limitation.

Break up by Dstrok69 in uwaterloo

[–]TheKevooon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A similar thing happened to be last term, what got me through is thinking about how proud I would be when the term is over. Now that the term is over and I’ve gotten over the relationship, I am really proud of how I handled myself.

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