It has been a goal of mine to go flying in my old hometown for a long time. I knew that I wanted to fly with a flight school at KBJC, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (Formerly Jeffco Airport) in Broomfield, CO.
I found McAir Aviation, they have a fantastic modern fleet of training aircraft. We took up a Cessna 172S with a G1000 glass cockpit. This was highly advanced and almost like a culture shock for me. Previously, my only exposure to a glass cockpit 172, was with an Aspen Glass setup partial panel while flying in Kona Hawaii.
The preflight on this modern Cessna was a bit different, from having 5 fuel sumps on each wing, to checking and verifying the availability GPS satellites. This is also my first time in a Cessna 172 that had fuel injection and a TCAS warning system.
The day in Denver was cold, but clear with light winds up to 5 knots. We departed and climbed to 6,500′ MSL. Once we were cleared for our south departure, we turned straight south and followed Wadsworth Blvd down to the Green Mountain/Littleton area. There we practiced some steep turns and slow flight before continuing on to Centennial Airport (KAPA). In the Centennial traffic pattern, I was able to do some touch and goes to knock the dust off of my skills and keep my landings and pattern work sharp. We then turned back north and flew over Downtown Denver and Mile High Stadium.
Flying the Rocky Mountains
I found McAir Aviation, they have a fantastic modern fleet of training aircraft. We took up a Cessna 172S with a G1000 glass cockpit. This was highly advanced and almost like a culture shock for me. Previously, my only exposure to a glass cockpit 172, was with an Aspen Glass setup partial panel while flying in Kona Hawaii.
The day in Denver was cold, but clear with light winds up to 5 knots. We departed and climbed to 6,500′ MSL. Once we were cleared for our south departure, we turned straight south and followed Wadsworth Blvd down to the Green Mountain/Littleton area. There we practiced some steep turns and slow flight before continuing on to Centennial Airport (KAPA). In the Centennial traffic pattern, I was able to do some touch and goes to knock the dust off of my skills and keep my landings and pattern work sharp. We then turned back north and flew over Downtown Denver and Mile High Stadium.
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