Saturday, August 18, 2007
prepping for cross country
i flew again today, this time from jyo to okv and then mrb and then back to jyo, full stops at each. there was some crosswind which wasn't bad but the gusts were pretty good. i've still got a ways to go to handle gusts without having to stop and think about it. one thing to note if you fly in this area, mrb's runway is being worked on and has been shortened to 2,300 ft i think. that is a heads up for you for when your instructor asks if you have checked the notams for mrb and you say yes and then you answer his question about runway length incorrectly... i expected all of the airports to be busy being a fri afternoon but they weren't at all.
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You know, for those of that are clueless, mrb, jyo, and okv are just a bunch of alphabet soup :)
sorry, i should be posting a glossary too, here's a few:
* airport codes are 4-letter/number
combinations with the leading K
being optional,
MRB - martinsburg
JYO - leesburg
OKV - winchester
IAD - dulles
HEF - manassas
* NOTAM - Notice To Airmen, advisories
on things like airport and nav aid
mods/closers along with many other
things, it's important to check for
NOTAMs in advance of any flight
in case something is different
than expected
I'll be a bit more explanatory in the future.
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