- ==**DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOOK THINGS UP!!**== - you are not expected to know every single thing and part of being a safe pilot is knowing when to gather more information -> every progress check / practical test that you take will require you to find information and we are testing your ability to know when you need more information # Preflight Preparation - good job # Cross Country Flight Planning - good job # Route Planning - good choice of checkpoints - you should always plan for a certain altitude to make sure that you are not busting the bravo going into KVDF - always verify terrain and obstacle clearance (even in Florida) to select the minimum altitude you would go at # Weather Information / Weather Theory - USE AN UPDATED BRIEFING - [ ] continue to review AIM 7-1-6 ## Convective SIGMETs - good job - just remember they are released H+55 minutes ## AIRMETs - AIRMET Zulu is icing / AIRMET Sierra is for mountain obscuration and IFR conditions ## SIGMETs - SIGMETs are valid for four hours ## Surface Analysis - ==**stated that a trough is a peak**== - asked what weather could expect in a "peak", stated bad visibility but good weather and no convection - ==**DO NOT BE AFRAID TO LOOK THINGS UP IF YOU NEED TO, THIS IS INFINITELY BETTER THAN GUESSING**== ## Fronts - good job with cold front - good job with warm front - the occluded front you were looking at was a cold front overtaking a warm front ## Atmospheric Stability - ==**rapid pressure changes across the ground do not necessarily indicate atmospheric instability**== ## Thunderstorms - ==**The main thing you want to think about that is missing in your explanation is how the lapse rate relates to thunderstorm formation**== ## METAR - great job ## PIREPs - UA: Routine PIREP - UUA: Urgent PIREP - ==**NEG: Negative, not negligable**== ## Vis / Winds / Precip - good job - ==**just remember that the wind is coming from the direction of the barbs on the wind forecast**== ## TAF - ==**remember that a TAF does not have a FM schedule, there is a new FM group issued whenever the weather is expected to change, you can have a TAF that is only two lines if the weather is not expect to change from the previous FM group during the forecast period**== ## NOTAMs - MNT means monitored # Navlog - you should not correct magnetic course for winds because winds are reported in true, so you should correct true course and then correct # Cross Country Flight Planning and Performance - good selection of power settings # Flight Plan - you should ALWAYS FILE A FLIGHT PLAN - you should ALWAYS GET FLIGHT FOLLOWING - make sure you understand how to contact flight service by looking at the sectional - [ ] review [[Flight Service Communications Guide]] # Airspace - [ ] review [TRSA: Pilot Institute](https://pilotinstitute.com/trsa-airspace-explained/) - good job # Radio Frequencies and Procedures - good job # Locating ATC Frequencies - good job # VFR Weather Minimums - good job # Required Logbook / Cert Endorsements - good job # Alternate Plans of Action - make sure to always put alternate on navlog and in your flight plan