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End of weekend vibe check. Where did you fly? @worldofmark
Follow me
Kollin Stagnito’s article “Follow Me” in the September/October Flight Training is a good one and I’m using it in teaching my students. It was a great example of knowing when to quit and spend a night in a hotel waiting out weather. But Stagnito said he only files a flight plan “where terrain or weather conditions present an increased level of risk.” I ask my students, “Why not file every time you fly?” I do, even if I stay in the pattern. A flight plan ensures that someone will know where and when to start looking for me if I don’t make it home to close my flight plan.
Pat Shaub
Marble Falls, Texas
Alma Mater Airport
Let’s not forget College Park Airport (CGS) near the University of Maryland (“Alma Mater Airport,” September/October Flight Training). Yes, it’s in the Washington, D.C., Flight Restricted Zone but it’s open to those who make the effort to get a PIN.
Luke Kushner
Annapolis, Maryland
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