*sigh* saving for my lessons (expected in early spring 2016). Using the rest of this year to build up capital and get my medical in order.
Check ride is scheduled for tomorrow morning. The weather man is calling for thunderstorms all day, hope he is wrong.
Check ride is scheduled for tomorrow morning. The weather man is calling for thunderstorms all day, hope he is wrong.
If it's early I'm thinking you can get it in. Good luck too by the way. I'll be anxious to hear how it goes.
The longer time goes from your checkride, the more you will probably realize that you really didn't come close to busting. Where do you fly out of, BHM, EET?Thanks fellas, I'm pretty excited. I went to Mark Henly here in Birmingham. He was my CFI's CFI so I was a little intimidated to start out but he comes across as very personable. On the oral portion I kind hurt myself by sending the discussion down a few worm holes when I over elaborated on a few things. Once I started figuring out what he was looking for in an answer the rest of the oral went well.
The flight portion was straight forward; steep turns, slow flight, stalls, short field soft field etc. I thought I had busted the engine out landing because I ate up too much runway and landed a little fast. All in all it went well and I've identified the areas where I am not as proficient as I thought. Gives me a good starting point of things to work on now that I can guide my own training.
I hope to start on my IR later in the year, once my wallet starts to heal from this ticket.
Good luck!Started my IFR training this week!
Started my IFR training this week!
Who has two thumbs and SOLOED AN AIRPLANE TODAY???
Woo!!Who has two thumbs and SOLOED AN AIRPLANE TODAY???
Who has two thumbs and SOLOED AN AIRPLANE TODAY???
Who has two thumbs and SOLOED AN AIRPLANE TODAY???
Flying for the first time in like 2yrs tomorrow. So ready
I just had my first official lesson yesterday. I had one intro flight 3 weeks ago and another about 10 years before that. So, I'm definitely hooked. The weather here in TX has finally cleared up and I have my second flight scheduled for next week. The CFI seems pretty good and looks like he will fit with my "checklist oriented and learn by doing" style of learning.
Some things the CFI said...
"Congratulations, you just passed 45 degree turns on your first try. Good job. That's exactly what the examiner will be looking for."
"Wow, you HAVE been studying!"
"Good job on the approach! We're on glide path now."
He handled the short final, but I still had my hands lightly on the controls. It was reassuring to know that the inputs I felt coming from him were the same inputs my brain was telling me were correct.
Anyway, good to be here!