own several with me as well as one on their own. At this stage of training, our cross country flights are usually in the area of 3-4 hours long. We generally go to two other airports and end the flight back in Spokane. One of these flights took us from Spokane to Pullman, on to Wenatchee (which you can see in the picture), and back to Spokane. All in all, the flight was right at 4 hours, and we covered ground that map quest says should take 7 and a half hours by car! There is such a difference in time between flying and driving, and this is here is the U.S. where we have highways and interstates. Many of the places where the gospel is still just being introduced do not have the benefit of an infrastructure as useful as we have here in the States. Just think of how much more impact the airplane has in those countries where the roads, if they even exist, are in horrible condition and we can cover in an hour what it normally takes a week to travel!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Cross Country
In training pilots, we spend a lot of time staying close to our home base. We practice take-offs and landings, different maneuvers in the practice area just north or south of the airport, and short 10 minute hops to airports every now and then just to mix it up a little. Of course, the goal isn't to make pilots who won't ever leave their little corner in the sky and go somewhere else, the whole point of aviation is to travel from point A to point B in an efficient manner. That's why, once a student has learned enough of the basics to manage the airplane we introduce them to something called a cross country flight. The name is a little deceiving because we don't actually cross the country, however, we do leave the training grounds and go exploring to new cities and airports and scenery. I launched into the cross country phase of training with my students this past week and they have now fl
own several with me as well as one on their own. At this stage of training, our cross country flights are usually in the area of 3-4 hours long. We generally go to two other airports and end the flight back in Spokane. One of these flights took us from Spokane to Pullman, on to Wenatchee (which you can see in the picture), and back to Spokane. All in all, the flight was right at 4 hours, and we covered ground that map quest says should take 7 and a half hours by car! There is such a difference in time between flying and driving, and this is here is the U.S. where we have highways and interstates. Many of the places where the gospel is still just being introduced do not have the benefit of an infrastructure as useful as we have here in the States. Just think of how much more impact the airplane has in those countries where the roads, if they even exist, are in horrible condition and we can cover in an hour what it normally takes a week to travel!
own several with me as well as one on their own. At this stage of training, our cross country flights are usually in the area of 3-4 hours long. We generally go to two other airports and end the flight back in Spokane. One of these flights took us from Spokane to Pullman, on to Wenatchee (which you can see in the picture), and back to Spokane. All in all, the flight was right at 4 hours, and we covered ground that map quest says should take 7 and a half hours by car! There is such a difference in time between flying and driving, and this is here is the U.S. where we have highways and interstates. Many of the places where the gospel is still just being introduced do not have the benefit of an infrastructure as useful as we have here in the States. Just think of how much more impact the airplane has in those countries where the roads, if they even exist, are in horrible condition and we can cover in an hour what it normally takes a week to travel!
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