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Planning the perfect cross country new airplane checkouts does flying run in your family medical qualifications for flight what to say to air traffic control mixing it up with helicopters how to be a sport pilot instructor aopa flight training november 2005 mike collins on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers. A flight plan makes cross country flying a breeze but as everyone knows sometimes things dont go as planned be prepared mentally to adjust your plans as necessary if the winds are stronger than predicted you might need to adjust your calculations en route and even update the flight service specialist with a new estimated time of arrival. Although the flight wasnt as pleasant and uneventful as id hoped im not complaining but it did remind me of some tips i could share with other pilots preparing to do long cross country flights planning the flight whether you plan to file a flight plan which i recommend doing or not its important to plan for the flight. We all know about cross country flying and the need and sense of good planning and preparation without diminishing the 50nm cross country flight in any way going across country say 500nm raises the stakes in a big way and detailed preparation and readiness are vital components of the experience. Flight planning 1 1 cross country planning and flying guide chapter one planning and executing the flight perhaps everyone has at one time or another experienced a learning situation public school or flight school where an instructor asks a question and the stu dent draws a blank we arent talking about the temporary situation where anxi