Recent content by Zeek

Pulling for you L.C. Gray, good luck, sounds like you’re close! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Holy cow, that is intense! It sounds like this guy likes things done in a very particular way, but how would you know that unless he told you? I was actually really concerned about slipping the 152, because my CFI always taught me with full flaps, however in the POH that is discouraged but not...

“It’s true that there is “no such thing as a perfect checkride”, but passing is passing and I’m a private pilot now boys!” That’s like the old adage “what do they call the person who graduates last in medical school?” A pass is a pass! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sent from my...

Dude, I was starting to get nervous! That’s awesome, what a feeling hey? I’ve been flying several times now as a Private Pilot, and on my first flight I didn’t know what to do with all my new found freedom, so I ended up doing 10 touch and go’s. I swore I was going to take a break from training...

And if not, it better at least be a funny story why you didn’t! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Game time baby! I was flying with my old man this morning and actually thought about the fact that your ride would be tomorrow. I was going to message you a last minute “good luck”, but I know I don’t have to. You’ve done everything that you can to prepare, rescued your plane, and you’re as...

For me, flying has been a great deal psychological. In fact, that is one of the aspects that I now enjoy most. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It seems like being hyper critical of oneself is a fairly common theme. I would have days where I was getting out of the airplane thinking I had a bad day and my instructor would laugh, because she thought I had done just fine. The day before my checkride was scheduled, I went out to do some...

The first thing the DPE asked me was to show him that the plane was airworthy and that I was a legal applicant for the checkride. I had the maintenance logs and the AD compliance sheets bookmarked. I made a sheet with all of my flight experience including all of my landings day and night (he...

Great pics, and very cool that you get to be part of the process. You got this man! Fingers crossed for good weather. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It seems like a lot of people had checkrides last weekend. Congrats! I passed mine last Saturday and hope to take my wife out for her first flight this weekend. What a feeling to finally be done with the cert! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was doing my preflight, and the DPE interjected and asked me to dip the tanks (out of my usual order) a minute or two later he had me asked how much oil I had (also out of my normal order. After the preflight, he is strapped in ready to go and he asks me if all of my preflight action were...

Congrats man, very exciting! I just passed my check ride on Saturday. What a great feeling, I’m happy for you! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s a lucky break! I didn’t know if my normal plane was going to get get out of annual until 12 hours before my ride. It was just another stressor that I didn’t want to focus on. I felt I could pull it off in the other one, but I’m glad it worked out the way it did. That’s awesome you are in...

I’ve heard that they aren’t out to fail you, but I really didn’t expect him to be as helpful as he was. I genuinely felt like he wanted me to pass. I was nervous and my brain completely short circuited. At that point I was thinking “just get me to the plane and I can make this happen, just got...