Lesson #18

Log Book - 5/7 C172 IA24 KCID IA24 2 1.0
I had the day off from work today as my daughter’s were supposed to have track and field day at school. It was cancelled due to rain, which meant a perfect day for IFR flying if Dale didn’t have anything going. I gave Dale a call mid-morning to see if he was available for an afternoon flight. He was and we decided to do a flight from IA24 to KALO which is over 50 nm and I can use it for a X/C flight for my logbook. As I was planning and checking weather, there was a NOTAM that the ILS at ALO was OTS. Well, that ruins that. I called Dale back and informed him of the bad news. He still wanted to fly given the conditions, so we decided to go to CID and do some ILS approaches. I arrived and got the airplane pulled out before Dale arrived. We decided to top the tanks before departure. I did the pre-flight and got everything ready for the flight. After starting the engine, I called CID APP and asked for clearance for multiple vectors for the ILS 27 approach. I waited for my readback and squawk code. Once that was received I was told to wait for release. I called them after the runup and before I back taxied RWY 33. I was given my clearance departure slot and told to call them on departure. As I was climbing through 600’ AGL, I contacted APP and was given vectors for the ILS 27 approach (Link located below). The winds were strong out of the NW and it showed on the DME (67 knots) as we were approaching the LOC. Things went well for the first ILS approach in the 172 in a couple of months. At the MAP I called missed and we were given vectors for another. The ceilings were right around 800’ AGL so most of the approaches had been done in the clouds. 8^) As I was on the second approach, we decided that 2 was enough for the day and asked for SVFR back to IA24. The TWR controller said that conditions were VFR and that I didn’t need the SVFR clearance back to Green Castle. After the missed, I contacted DEP and flew back to IA24. When we returned Dale and I talked about what else that I need to do before I am ready to take my test. As I am still 8 hours short of the x/c hours mandated by the FAA, we plan to do our next flight to a location that is greater than 50nm from IA24.

http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/CID/IAP/ILS+OR+LOC+RWY+27/pdf