One of the many days I have dreamed of and dreaded on my climb up my Everest: My first "legal" cross country. So many things to think about and so much to learn...plus actually fly the airplane...all at the same time! What a hot day too! It was literally 100 degrees when I landed, but at 3500 MSL it was 78 today...not bad at all...When I first took off, the crazy GPS in the plane just wouldn't work, I messed with it for a bit and after some choice words, I decided to just turn it off. I had the two VOR's, my map and my trusty handheld $89 GPS "yellowjacket" that at least pointed me in the right direction and told me statute miles to my destination, so I used it to confirm my position along with the DME radio. Amazingly, and to my surprise, the VOR's pretty much worked perfectly, especially I was impressed with the triangulation along the route...not a hitch. I was also surprised that I actually flew right to the VOR and actually saw it both when I was coming in to KENL and when I was taking off back for KFES.
This was by far the best day I have had in the air so far and one that I will never forget. It was a also a great reward for fighting through a couple of really tough weeks in this climb.
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