To develop the student’s ability to plan and fly a night cross-country flight of more than 100 NM total distance with at least one landing at an unfamiliar airport; to develop the student’s proficiency in navigating at night by means of pilotage, dead reckoning, and other navigation system(s).

1. Flight Lesson 18 complete? Yes

Copy of lesson placed in student’s folder? Yes

2. Preflight briefing

3. Review items

Human factors, Constant airspeed descent and climb (IR), Personal equipment and preparation, Navigation systems and ATC services (IR), Obtaining weather information, Collision and obstacle avoidance and scanning, Determining performance and limitations, Short-field takeoffs and landings, Pilotage and dead reckoning, Soft-field takeoffs and landings, Navigation systems, Go-around/rejected landing, Unfamiliar airport operations, Straight-and-level flight (IR), Lost procedures, Turns to headings (IR), Diversion to an alternate airport

4. New items

Route selection -FM 6

Additional items at CFI’s discretion

Night VFR fuel requirements (14 CFR 91.151) -PH 4

5. Postflight critique and preview of next lesson

Instructor endorse logbook for solo cross-country

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the student demonstrates the proficiency to conduct safe solo cross-country flights. The student will maintain altitude, ±200 ft.; airspeed, ±10 kt.; established heading, ±15°; and remain within 3 NM of the planned route at all times. Additionally, at the completion of this lesson, the student will have a total of at least 3 hr. of night flight training and 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop. The instructor will endorse the student’s logbook for cross-country privileges.