Flight number 16-17

Took advantage of long weekend.

# 16 Yesterday,we flew Night Local. Everywhere looked different at night. I did not have much opportunity to enjoy the view when we arrived at the Springfield airport to study landings. For a moment I was feeling like a poet admiring the lights of the roads, and the city.. After a second I was wrestling with the yoke to land! Very big change.. It is harder than day time. Looking forward to second one next week to see some progress on landings. Hopefully the wind will be better. And I hope the weather will be warmer too.

Next one will be the second and last night flight for PPL. Night XC.

# 17 This morning we flew first XC. For the flight plan, you have to prepare navigation log. It is hard. It is the most important part of ground school that will be used during flight. Should have been covered deeper.

To start with we looked at the chart to figure out our route, at which airspace areas we would fly, if there was a restricted airspace on our destination. Then drew the line, picked reference points en route, measured the true course. Then started the hard part. We worked on standard briefing, TAF and METAR on http://www.aviationweather.gov/

Used the temperature, wind direction and value to find out the information on nav log.

Very tired now, will continue later. At the end of the day I am happy that I am learning how to fly.