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I thought the mere mention of a Cessna 152 implied it was loaded to gross, lol!

I am guessing they planned it that way to account for the lack of climb performance from the 152. Is your northern route easier to traverse in the 152?

I will be sure to call the next airport before we take off. Will be the first time I've fueled at a different airport as well.

Ooooooh that looks good! And it's right along our route as well.

How can you tell what times fuel is available at the airport? When I look at the AFD for smaller airports, it will show that 100LL is available, sometimes it will say fuel available 24hrs, sometimes it doesn't say anything while mentioning that the airport is attended during certain hours...

In ideal conditions, we hope to spend three nights on the road. Most likely 4 nights on average. We decided to fly during the day and land as soon as nightfall. We leave this coming Monday and the first practice is on Friday so I hope the weather turns out nice.

Hi guys, I am going to be going on an adventure from California to Ohio and I wanted to get some input on some of the airports that we will be visiting along the way. We will be taking some Cessna 152's to compete with in the Ohio NIFA competition. So far, the preliminary flight plan is...

Thank you, I do want to get it where I can consistently touchdown just after taxiway Bravo, and turn at Charlie without needing to really jam the brakes. Not sure if its possible but would like to try.

Well, it may just be a personal quirk of mine. We just recently got this new vertical compass card in my favorite plane. It has made resetting the heading indicator so much easier and faster than the bubble compass and I subsequently have found that I love having complete trust in my HI when...

Some stuff that I took away from this event. Well, I got to experience some things I wouldn't have normally been able to if I didn't compete. I saw how the top schools conducted themselves, how they went about being the best. I used their smaller patterns (mine is admittedly large and wide, a...

The rules as interpreted and applied to my airplane (C152): Short fields you can use the flaps at any time. They cannot move below 100' agl and you have to land with full flaps. Power-offs you can use the flaps at any time. They cannot move below 100' agl and you can land with any or no...

We were able to pick our own TPA so that we could use what we had practiced and were comfortable with. That said, you cannot do something way out there like 5-600 agl. I think a reasonable range was 800-1100 agl. I used 1000 on the dot.

So we did the landing events this past Thursday. The practice I wrote about above went perfect. The power off practice the next day was absolutely horrible. We were in charge of our own spacing. 4 of us in each heat sharing a pattern. I kept catching up to the guy in front of me and had to...

You can round out like normal, you just cant float for more than 5 seconds. This keeps people from approaching at a very high speed and just floating on down until they reach the target line. I was actually in jeopardy of this rule and changed my approach speed from 65 to 55. Less energy...

Well, I watched the landings again a little closer this time and all the pilots that are putting it really close or on the line do what may be considered a slow-motion carrier landing. But it is not hard, fast, and violent like a real carrier landing, it is rather very gentle and slow. The...

^^^You're right, I forgot about that rule since the planes that we actually use and have access to are so far removed from the maximum the rules allow. I fly a 2 seater with 110hp lol. Some schools have used planes with factory STOL stuff I remember overhearing.

Thats it for the free-for-all practice. I think there are only 2 official 30 minute practice slots tomorrow left for each person before competition time. I have watched the best schools land. They don't touchdown like I do. My flare arrests the descent completely, I float for 3 or 4 seconds...

Today's practice went very well. My coach gave me some advice yesterday that I was able to employ today. I cut power at 1000 agl, add first notch of flaps immediately, maintain altitude until 70 knots, careful to maintain a heading parallel to the runway. Descend at 70, turn base right at...

The perfect landing or target line is the top of the first stripe. I see other non competitor traffic trying to hit the line so I think everyone is enjoying the spirit of competition and having fun.

Well, in this thread I am asking for advice about power off so the power is completely cut abeam the target line. If you mean turn off the engine and land it deadstick, I'm not even sure I have the cajones to try that. Probably not legal anyways because safety is a big part of the...