crawdaddyjc
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Awesome what do you have left for requirements?
i have 1 hr hood and my night flights (10 t/o and landings, 3 hrs flight, and xc) left.
Awesome what do you have left for requirements?
Finished my hood work today! Done with those stylish foggles! Now to shedule the night flights. Im kinda nervous about it but looking forward to it at the same time. Not sure what to expect.
Well, I'm feeling like crap: I have 19 hours (this includes 3.2 hours of dual XC) and though my landings are general solid I am not consistent. It is driving me nuts and has me very frustrated.
I took my ride today. And passed! Kinda surreal.
Congratulations!!
5.5 hours either simulated or actual remaining to meet the 40 hour requirement for IR. Written passed with a perfect score. Plenty of PIC XC. Already met the dual requirements. Studying the ASA IR oral exam guide non-stop. Watching videos of IR oral/flight checkrides.... I can't wait to get this rating. Much harder than the private, but already more satisfying...
There's far more information to learn for IFR v VFR.
73 hours into this adventure over the last 10+year. But 27 hours this year. Made it through 2 milestones on this run. 1. I passed my written (1st try) and 2. have completed my first XC. This is the first time I really feel like I can “get’r done“.
it did occur to me shortly after rotation that I was all done with the “voluntary” aspects of the solo now that a landing was compulsory
I PASSED my PPL checkride!!!!! Now begins the real learning. Im going to enjoy my PPL for a bit and then jump into instrument rating next.
Thanks! Primary training was from KJYO. However, will be renting from KHEF as well now that I can do that!Congrats!!
Just noticed your location - from where in NOVA do you fly?
Hello everyone. This is my first post since I joined this forum and I figure this topic is as good a place as any to add to the conversation.
I'm a student pilot with 49 1/2 hours of logged flight time. The only thing I have left to do is the review and about 40 minutes under the hood.
My biggest struggle right now is mastering the written test and preparing for the oral. The practical flying is easy for me, especially the ATC communications.
Any suggestions for passing the oral exam? I watch a lot of YouTube videos discussing the testing. It seems to help some but I could use any tips.
My biggest struggle right now is mastering the written test and preparing for the oral. The practical flying is easy for me, especially the ATC communications.
Any suggestions for passing the oral exam? I watch a lot of YouTube videos discussing the testing. It seems to help some but I could use any tips.
As of 11-11-2020 I’m no longer a student pilot
It's been a rough couple of weeks for flying, but I got a little flying in tonight! Between winds and snow, this is only the second time I've been flying in the last 27 days, and I hope I've used up my weather cancellations for a while. It was pretty hazy and without much of a moon, it was still very dark. It was definitely easier this time with a lot less task saturation. I actually really enjoyed the flying instead of being stressed out and task saturated, which was fun. It was getting hazier very quickly, though, so I didn't even get an hour. I was going to round out and finish up all ten night landings tonight, but ended up doing three, to bring the total to nine...I turned final, and all of a sudden, visibility went way down. I don't know if it was super low clouds/fog or smoke or what, but it was white stuff that dimmed the runway lights considerably! It's already a very dark approach and with the cloud/fog/smoke, the ground didn't really exist. Suffice it to say that was not one of my prettiest or softest landings. I thought I was doing okay with judging round-out height, but not that one! I decided that I didn't need to do one more landing and called it a night, lest the cloud/fog/smoke was still there on final. It was a short but fun flight.
I still haven't been able to take my night cross-country, but I've rescheduled it seven times! Winds, snow, and random unforecasted overcasts at 1000'...all summer, the nights were beautiful, and now when I want to fly at night, it's the days that are beautiful! Some day, I'll get that night flight in. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to head down to the airport in the afternoon and knock out the last half hour of solo cross country I need. I haven't flown during the day since October 24th, so I'm excited about that! Did I mention it's been a struggle to get good flying weather?! LOL My instructor and I are going to start on the checkride review and prep stuff and just try to get a decent night some time before the checkride. I'm ready to get this wrapped up and so is my instructor. It's been *so* hard to try to get these last couple things done!