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Bravo Zulu!
Bravo Zulu!
CONGRATS!!!Passed my check-ride today
Will post an update to my blog about the check-ride most likely tomorrow when I have some time. I'll update it over in my other thread about my training.
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/com...nd-training-journey.96468/page-3#post-2157656
Well I am officially a student again. Had a couple hours of ground training and took two flights today in a twin Comanche. Two takeoffs and landings at different airports, stalls, steep turns, and slow flight. Logged 2.5 so it was a productive day. It was weird jumping back into my plane after the lessons were over to fly to my weekend destination after flying the twin.
Interesting feeling isn't it? Feel like a newbie in one, and hop in the other and it feels like you've never left and things are much easier.
Engine cuts in the pattern with the gear already down will get your attention soon! (Fair warning! Heh heh. Clean it up and then don't forget to put the gear back down!)
Multi is a wicked fun new challenge, honestly. Damn Ted for being the light twin marketing association's best friend around here... single engine flying doesn't make me broke nearly as fast as multi, but man it's fun.
You'll get it Mulligan! Twin Comanche, where you doing that at? I know a guy does training out of Shelby Cty w/ a Comanche, there?
BHM. Think I may head over to Memphis first week of December and knock it out in a few consecutive days in the da42. The G1000 and fadec will help me get through very quickly to get the rating. The real training will take place in whatever plane I buy.
This is the school at Shelby if ya wanna take a look.
http://www.waterwings.com/
Get your sea plane too lol.
If they had a da42 I'd be there flying it right now!!
I just completed my CFI-I add on this past Friday. It was pretty straight forward and much easier than my initial CFI.
I fly with pacific skies aviation.
...I'm only in my 8th hour, and ...
LongRoadBob, I'm curious how many hours are you up to now? Are you trying to beat my 'long road' record of 2 years? Keeping your head in the game is the key to not having to start over every lesson. Reading your checklists, reading and re-reading the handbook sections from the flight you just did, and the stuff you are going to do next. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.
Yea, what did you put, C? Bad question for sure, you 'could' worry about it sitting on the couch at the house. And B is a form of C.Finally got around to taking my written exam. I passed and all, but I have to say that a couple of the questions were garbage questions with garbage answers.
For instance:
"When could a pilot be concerned about wing loading"?
A) Sitting on the taxiway. (or something to this effect)
B) While executing a 30 degree bank turn.
C) When the aircraft is not in straight flight.
Really? I felt like I had to roll the dice on this one...
Finally got around to taking my written exam. I passed and all, but I have to say that a couple of the questions were garbage questions with garbage answers.
For instance:
"When could a pilot be concerned about wing loading"?
A) Sitting on the taxiway. (or something to this effect)
B) While executing a 30 degree bank turn.
C) When the aircraft is not in straight flight.
Really? I felt like I had to roll the dice on this one...
Planned it for KTPF (Peter O Knight) to X06 (Arcadia).
I have to second what excnsurfer said, quit waiting. I just had my check ride Saturday and I was nervous about the oral. I knew I could fly the plane, but the thought of sitting there for hours getting asked questions had me nervous. What if I didn't know some obscure regulation? I know that there are all different kinds of DPE's out there and some are more difficult than others. I was fortunate that the DPE I got was a great guy that saw it as the "Practical Test" and how I apply what I know to real world situations, not to see if I could just regurgitate everything I had been putting into my mind. There were a lot of different scenarios he would throw at me and I would work my way through them, what I would do, what do the regulations say about them, etc... I got most of it right, and stumbled around on some of it. He's been flying for over 30 years and knows that this is the "license to learn" so didn't expect perfection. We knew we had time to kill during the oral because the haze wasn't going to clear up until after noon-1pm so the oral went longer than it probably would have otherwise. Turned out to be 4 hours, of which maybe 30 minutes was going over paperwork, maybe 90 minutes of me actually answering questions, and a couple hours of him telling me stories of things he has seen/done flying and me telling stories about my flight training. It really felt a lot more like a discussion than an exam and I actually enjoyed it.
If you don't have copies yet of the ACS and FAR/AIM then get copies. Use tabs and a highlighter to mark up the FAR/AIM. Go through the ACS page by page and make notes about which regulations apply as well as things to help you remember stuff. The oral portion is open book and you can use both of those during it. You are probably more ready for it than you think you are.
Congrats Hoss150! Great news!
The DPE can make all the difference in the world. I was lucky to have a DPE who was great at putting me at ease, and told me that "...(his) intention was to pass me, but if I prove to him why I shouldn't pass, then he'll stop the exam." Excellent DPE and like you, he asked questions about the flight plan, rapid fire questions, scenario based questions. But as long as a student is prepared and/or can look-up the regulation (even if not tab marked in the FAR/AIM) he/she will do fine. Confidence and demonstrated command of the aircraft during the practical test goes a long way to putting the DPE at ease, as does vocalizing (saying) everything you're doing and why. That got me through my practical and I was complimented by my DPE on a strong performance. I loved his last comment as we taxied to parking: "As long as you don't hit that helicopter parked outside the hangar, you passed..."
There's a chance I might take the 182 to FL next year. How's TPF for transients? Better there or over to Clearwater? (We have friends closer to Clearwater but some of the stuff we would be doing would be closer to TPF so it's kinda a toss-up from here... depending on services, etc.)
Back to the school house next week for differences. January I should be due in for my recurrent.
It's my duty as an FO to always take the fat one.700/900? Man you will see a big difference from that 200. A lot better and fun ride. Plus two FAs to choose from, or both!
It's my duty as an FO to always take the fat one.
Night is interesting for sure. I kept having the urge to turn on the headlights. But lighted black is still black!Finished up my first solo cross country the other day. I initially planned to fly from KTPF (Peter O Knight) to KINF (Inverness) and did a full flight plan including checking weather, wind correction and fuel calculations, etc...
Only to check the NOTAMs to find out that KNIF was NOTAMed closed until about 20 minutes before I would arrive. Decided that it probably wasn't a good idea to tempt fate there and re planned for X06 (Arcadia).
Met with my instructor on the day of the flight and reviewed plan. He signed me off to go and off I went.
Overall the flight was pretty boring, in a good way. I hit all my checkpoints on time, landed uneventfully but a little rough, and got back to the home airport without any issues. Did a touch n go cause I wanted a little landing practice after the rough landing at X06.
Heard my instructor on the radio as I was turning base on my second landing. He had taken a C182 out for a flight and asked how my flight went. I squeaked the landing on and was glad I did because the first one of the day was a good belly flop and called it a day.
1.3 hours for a total of 26
Next is night flight... I'm excited for this, love flying commercial at night so really ready for GA at night.