Cruising around the Southwest in a 'Nole!

ASpilot2be

ASpilot2be

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Here are some pictures from my cross country flights so far. So far I have gone Sacramento to Long Beach twice, Riverside then Phoenix. From Phoenix we went to Vegas and back. Then today we made it back to Sacramento from Phoenix with a fuel stop in Vegas.

Between Palm Springs and Riverside.
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Over the desert between Phoenix and Riverside.
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Leaving Phoenix.
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Made for a bumpy ride from Vegas back to Phoenix.
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The Strip.
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Grand Canyon.
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Desert.
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Ouch!
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The desert goes forever at 150kts.
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I found Pacman!
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View of the mirror.
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North-ish.
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LA.
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Clouds!
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Central Valley is boring.
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Bakersfield, I think.
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Looks awesome man. That's one thing I wish UND would have let us do more, do some timebuilding that didn't involve flying to a small airport in northern MN in the middle of the night only to pee on a hangar and come back.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Looks awesome man. That's one thing I wish UND would have let us do more, do some timebuilding that didn't involve flying to a small airport in northern MN in the middle of the night only to pee on a hangar and come back.
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Thanks. It is a blast. I am learning so much. Dealing with busy airspace, getting re-routes, and dealing with ATC in general.
 
DEFINITELY the best part of the ATP program! Hopefully youll get to head out to the east coast! When I did mine back in 06, I made it all the way to JAX. Also brought a plane up to Seattle when they used to have a base there. Good times for sure.
 
SIUav8er said:
DEFINITELY the best part of the ATP program! Hopefully youll get to head out to the east coast! When I did mine back in 06, I made it all the way to JAX. Also brought a plane up to Seattle when they used to have a base there. Good times for sure.
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I wish I could make it out to the East coast, but I dont think I will make it that far. I have made up to Eugene on my long cross country, and I wished I could have gone further north.
 
Haha nice man!! If I could tell you how many times I've done those exact flights in the 'nole, I'd literally not have enough fingers and toes to count. Enjoy it while you can.
 
ASpilot2be said:
I wish I could make it out to the East coast, but I dont think I will make it that far.
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Trade? I've never flown out west and would absolutely love to go out there. You can have the east coast, I've been up and down it way too many times
 
Please no offense( as I went to Auburn and it had many, many problems), but flight schools are just that. They teach you how to fly. Granted we all know "real" world flying is a completely different mentality, but you really learn how to fly at your first real job.
 
I did my last flight of the cross country phase today. We went Sacramento to Fresno and back.

Sitting on the ramp in Fresno.
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My partner landing from the right seat.
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Turning final.
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Central Valley.
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Again, on the ramp in FAT.
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