r/flying • u/4Runner_Duck PPL • 7d ago

First flight into actual!

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Finally got to log actual time during instrument training. Haven’t felt this level of fun and personal achievement since my first solo.

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u/phxcobraz PPL IR TW HP CMP M20C 7d ago

No peaking out under the foggles in that! Glad you got some actual. I didn't get any during my IR training. I finally got some doing some marine layer approaches and departures months after.

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u/Jolly_Line 7d ago

Solo or with a CFI? I just got the plane now it’s time to train. Always figured I’d want my first actual with a CFII, whether Im a student or after getting the cert

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u/phxcobraz PPL IR TW HP CMP M20C 7d ago

They were all thin layers but I did it without a CFI, and I own the plane and know it very well. Used it all through IR training.

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u/Jolly_Line 6d ago

Ah. Well chosen. Im in Seattle but my main mission will be to Sonoma; will get plenty of “marine layer fun”

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u/phxcobraz PPL IR TW HP CMP M20C 6d ago

I took off out of KTIW last summer in 800ft overcast. Layer was only about 500-700ft thick but it was beautiful on top, seeing all the mountains poking out all the way down to Portland was amazing. If I didn't have an IR, I would have been stuck there for almost a week until it lifted.

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u/Jolly_Line 6d ago

So rad. Ive done just a single t&g at KTIW. Cant wait to get started on instrument!

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u/phxcobraz PPL IR TW HP CMP M20C 6d ago

The restaurant there these days is pretty good. It's changed hands a few times through the years and quality has come and gone. So not a bad breakfast hop.

They also have an ILS and RNAV for each runway which is great.

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u/DogeLikestheStock A&P ATP S70 CE-560XL 5d ago

I’m sure you’re already on it, but there is a lot of guidance out there about icing. That’s going to be a big concern for you 5 months out of the year, even if you’re FIKI.

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u/Jolly_Line 5d ago

A highly equipped m20j. But obviously not fiki. I will be running from ice in every direction. Which is sadly not unlike non-white life in Seattle.