mmilano
Pre-takeoff checklist
"STUDENT"
mmilano said:"STUDENT"
mmilano said:"STUDENT"
mmilano said:"STUDENT"
mmilano said:"STUDENT"
mmilano said:thanks everyone. of couse i just meant 'legally'.
ok, the check-ride:
the night before he had me do an XC, take-off/landing distances to the 3 fields we were using, and calculate w&b.
first off he mentioned that over the years, he has certified many pilots who are now dead. he talked a little about statistics pertaining to pilot errors/bad decisions. he let me know that everyone is nervous and that i will make mistakes today. it's perfectly normal. he said he will let me know immediately if he determines i'm not going to pass, so if we are still going, then i am doing ok.
we then went through the maintenance logs of the aircraft i was flying. i had to show him how i determined that everything was current. i had to fly to another field the night before to pick up those logs and get a crash course on how to use them the night before
the rest of the oral was about 2.5 hours. he went over my homework, and then continued to test me on the pts stuff. there were a few things i stumbled on, but according to him, overall i did pretty good.
pre-flight was pretty painless. he asked me some questions about fuel colors, contamination, and smells. we talked about the oil type and if it was detergent based or not. When I checked the alternator belt, he asked me what it was. He said once someone told him that is what turns the prop.
the flight started on the XC with a soft field takeoff. i got to top of climb and then we did diversion. i set an estimated heading to the new destination, then drew my line and calculated distance, heading, time, and fuel. once i had that all figured out, we aborted that route and did steep turns, slow flight, stalls (turning, straight, power on/off), engine failure, and then headed to another field.
There we did short/soft field landings/takeoffs, and a go-around. on the way out, we did some hood work and then made our way back home.
taxied to parking, did my shutdown list, power off, and he said 'congratulations' and shook my hand. that feeling is hard for me to even describe. it was like this entire past 8 months flashing by into a sudden resolve. After that, we de-briefed. He questioned me on some of the manuvers i did, informed me on things I needed to talk to my CFI about and work on, and then signed my temporary ticket.
i probably missed a bunch of details, but this was the jist of it. it was an awsome experience. it would be nice if there were CFIs with this DE's level of knowledge and experience available to learn from.
They're out there (not me in many respects) but would you really pay for a CFI of that caliber ? Also, so much of real effective flight training is academic.
Good narrative. I liked the alternator drive belt.
Congratulations!mmilano said:"STUDENT"
mmilano said:It would be nice if there were CFIs with this DE's level of knowledge and experience available to learn from.
mmilano said:really? he said he wasn't allowed to instruct because he is a DE. he is a corporate jet pilot.
mmilano said:really? he said he wasn't allowed to instruct because he is a DE. he is a corporate jet pilot.
Missa said:The DE that I took my check ride from also instructs. My guess is that they are not allowed to checkride their own students tho. Of course my DE does check rides and tailwheel training only, just cause he loves to fly stick and rudder planes.
Missa