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  1. Zeek

    Finally doing it..

    Pulling for you L.C. Gray, good luck, sounds like you’re close! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    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...
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    Checkride in 4 days - last minute study advice?

    “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...
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    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    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...
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    Checkride in 4 days - last minute study advice?

    And if not, it better at least be a funny story why you didn’t! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Checkride in 4 days - last minute study advice?

    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...
  7. Zeek

    Ever have those frustrating days?

    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
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    Ever have those frustrating days?

    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...
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    Checkride in 4 days - last minute study advice?

    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...
  10. Zeek

    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    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
  11. Zeek

    Checkride Passed

    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
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    Interesting checkride stories

    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...
  13. Zeek

    Goal 1 Reached! PPL Checkride Passed!

    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
  14. Zeek

    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    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...
  15. Zeek

    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    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...
  16. Zeek

    Written test prep

    I couldn’t agree with you more. I spent a lot of time trying to understand the concepts instead of trying to memorize and it’s a good thing I did. I took countless practice tests with supposed actual test questions and I only had 1 or 2 that were verbatim. Everything else was similar, but with...
  17. Zeek

    Written test prep

    Are you doing an actual in person ground school, or are you doing a home study course? If you want to do it at home, signing up through Gleim, Sporty’s or any other number of online ground schools will give you all the material you could ever hope for. I paid like $220 for my Gleim ground...
  18. Zeek

    Snow

    SkyChaser, I have been canceled twice over the last few weeks and this last time I didn’t get a call back from the DPE for a reschedule. I didn’t want to annoy him, but it was frustrating not knowing what the status was. Finally had my opportunity this morning. It wasn’t looking good, but I at...
  19. Zeek

    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    I’ll be honest, this checkride process has been really discouraging me. I was scheduled for this morning at 8am. The forecast looked good all week and yesterday it started showing dropping ceilings and increasing winds. It looked as though I would be delaying and redoing my flight plan for a 4th...
  20. Zeek

    Private pilot - airplane; written test passed!

    Thanks man, if it happens I’ll let you know how it went, good bad or ugly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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