Today was my first solo trip to the practice area. After a week of soloing in the tightly regulated circuit pattern, it was time to strike out on my own to the practice area and, well, practice. Today I worked on precautionary and forced landing procedures. It was nice to have the time to focus on my exercises without the constant communication with air traffic control. This is not to say that I wasn’t paying attention to what was going on outside the cockpit. See and be seen! It’s actually a bit un-nerving to know that ATC isn’t paying much attention to what you and others might be doing in the practice area, but the reality is that most VFR flights are flown in uncontrolled airspace.
Tomorrow we begin cross-country exercises with a short trip to Lac du Bonnet and a longer trip to Brandon.
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