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Mike Regish wrote:
 
> I'm just curious. At what point in training do most people here start
> learning navigation? I realize that different instructors probably 
> approach it at different times, but I'd like an idea of when it should > start being covered.

Depends upon what you mean by navigation.  

We started looking at the chart and correlating what I saw with the
chart pretty early on.  Before I soloed I was expected to be able to
identify the boundries of the Class B airspace, identify where I was
relative to our home airport and how long it would take me to
get there.  I was expected to be able to do this, get ATIS, make
radio calls, and turn to the correct direction while flying at MCA
with the stall horn blaring.  I was expected to be able to locate our
home airport from any direction and interpret the ATC instructions as
well as fly to other local airports.   I didn't solo in 10 hrs *g*.

If you mean, navigation logs and course lines on charts, use of
VORs to locate position, and VOR tracking, we started this just
after I soloed when we flew my dual cross-countries.  

Snowbird


