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  1. Tex|US

    Check Ride Take Two

    Nice going mulligan! Congrats
  2. Tex|US

    Low altitude steep descending turns...

    At some point, someone suggested you do your research and work with your instructor at safe altitudes. Maybe multiple individuals said this. That's good advice. Read up on load factor / degree of bank. Something like this. 60 degree bank = load factor 2 = 40% increase in stall speed 45...
  3. Tex|US

    Good day

    Way to go!
  4. Tex|US

    First flight today - thoughts, nervousness, etc

    Night and day LuisO. Explains it perfectly.
  5. Tex|US

    One checkride down - PPL

    Cheers gentlemen. @Lou, looking forward to catching you guys around. Dog hair, or no.
  6. Tex|US

    One checkride down - PPL

    Roger that gents. I'm going to be more mindful of the stall. I trust you vets when you say it may come back to bite me. I've got at least 35 hours of "Intermediate" flight before my instrument training starts, mostly X-C flights. I plan on knuckling down on landings and Airfield approach...
  7. Tex|US

    Is my instructor right for me?

    Mutiny in an aircraft? Sounds like a bad situation, tracking the dangerous radial out of no-go. 2Airtime2: Your CFI (flightschool?) makes yall call out GUMPS before every landing?
  8. Tex|US

    One checkride down - PPL

    Roger that DenverPilot.
  9. Tex|US

    One checkride down - PPL

    Thanks, Mulligan. I appreciate that. Sounds like your exam was called more for the winds than your performance. Hell, at our flight school, they probably wouldn't have let us go up with winds like that. You'll nail it next time.
  10. Tex|US

    One checkride down - PPL

    Well, I should say I'm new member here. Signed up because I kind of feel like I'm part of the club now. Read some other checkride stories, thought I might share my checkride experience with yall. I don't think I'll ever forget this flight. Yesterday was the day. Longest, most complicated...
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