I’d like to reply to the original post on this thread. Just so you guys know, for a private certificate, it is still on paper, and E6B etc. It is not the digital era yet. You have to plot a course by hand on a paper chart, and carry that sectional in the cockpit. When the DPE diverts, you need to use the paper chart and the hand plotter to find new airport, calculate course and figure out fuel remaining. Its actually very difficult and I found it to be the hardest part of my private checkride. I did cut out the sectional to only show a reasonable area of my plane because lets face it there is no t a lot of room for this in a 172. I have heard that some DPE’s will let you use a GPS and iPad, however, my DPE was very strict in stating, no GPS ot iPad entire checkride. I actually find it fun to do a manual flight plan with a chart and stopwatch and practice on MSFS. On real life flights for safety and accuracy I do use foreflight though. Especially if I have a passenger. I always keep a CURRENT chart in my flight bag. I also carry an emergency notecard that had the two main VOR’s in my area and the five other airports I could use in an unexpected situation. I have actually flown back to my home airport not being able to land due to a gear up landing on the runway. Seems to happen a lot.
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