Flight plans are usually straight-forward, taking a plane and passengers from point A to point B, but for a pilot trying to log hours for a new certification, sometimes you need to get creative.
Lt. Cdr. Nathan Mitich relocated to Lakeland to attend flight school for an airline transport pilot certificate. The program requires a lot of flight time – 1,500 hours – but long, straight line flights were becoming monotonous, so Mitich decided to get creative.
Using a software called ForeFlight, which allows pilots to create flight plans using GPS coordinates, he started drawing shapes.The first shapes he drew in the sky with is C172 Cessna Skyhawk were simple, relative to his most recent creation; a circle, a star and a trefoil – more commonly known as a radiation warning symbol.
When Mitich looked back at the flight pattern of his star and he had a thought: That sure would look good on top of a Christmas tree.Courtesy FlightAware.com - Pilot Nathan Mitich draws Christmas tree with flight plan So he got to work. In his ForeFlight software, Mitich began drawing the shape of the tree, starting with the star. He said it took about 20 hours of pre-planning to get the flight plan just right. However, he said it wasn't a technically difficult flight. Taking off from Lakeland Linder Airport, Mitich flew south, starting the design at the tip of the star.
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