Give us a check-ride write-up!!
It was actually pretty uneventful. It was all the standard checkride maneuvers...steep turns, power off stall, power on stall, ground reference maneuver (rectangular pattern...the only one my instructor and I didn't bother to practice), soft field and short field takeoffs and landings, etc. The only bit of trouble came when the DPE said:
"Okay, now there is a 50ft obstacle at the approach end of the runway, show me what you would do..."
Doh! We did short field landings, but not with an approach over an obstacle. As I came around the base leg I saw I was quite high, so I did a go around (which worked nicely as it gave me more time to think)... I didn't know the correct procedure, so I had to improvise. On the base I kept the altitude a bit high, then on final I put it into a very aggressive slip and landed just past the numbers. He didn't say anything, so I got by with it.
Later the DPE said he didn't think his last few examinees could have done that, but my pilot skills were strong enough that I pulled it off, even though it was not the "accepted" technique. That made me feel good, if a little lame for not knowing the proper way to do it (which I have since learned).
Other than that there was no drama, and the DPE said I did a really good job, and he thought my flight planning and oral were very detailed and well executed. :smile:
