How many ways can I not get my PPL?

flyguy

flyguy

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AAAAhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Okay, so I was originally scheduled for my PPL checkride Friday week before last. It got weathered. Then it was rescheduled for the following day. Weathered again. Then was rescheduled for the following day. This time I finally got to go, but unfortunatley I failed the diversion part.
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After several days of waiting for the DE to get back with us, we finally got the re-check scheduled for this morning. Yesterday I get a call from my CFI saying that the DE had a family emergency and is out of town. If its not one thing its another.
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Fortunately, he called me back later in the day; the DE was comming back and will be able to do the ride afterall.
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The weather was beautifull so my CFI sent me solo over to the DE's home airport for the ride. Everything was going great until just after takeoff I lost comms in both radios. The good news is I got to see what its like to get to squawk 7600 in charlie airspace, and got to do it solo.
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So I get back to the school and they get another plane for me. My instructor called the DE to tell him waht was going on and I'm in a hurry now because he has another appointment after mine. I taxi out the the run up area in the new plane just to discover the vacuum pump isn't working.
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No more planes left for me and not enough time left to get the ride done.
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I might get to go again this afternoon however and hopefully I'll have some good news to post tonight.
 
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What else can happen???
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OOOohhhhhh
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I Can't believe he just asked that.
 
It's like childbirth---or so I hear---once you've got it, you forget all the pain quickly. Persevere!
 
[Nelson, from The Simpsons, voice]
Haa haaaa!
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Just kidding, that really sucks man.
Hope you don't run out of fuel on your way!
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Anyway, good luck on it. Get done with it, ok?
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It's like childbirth---or so I hear---once you've got it, you forget all the pain quickly.

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Umm, no.

I remember it very well, thank you.
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Re: Passed my PPL ride!

Well, I left with a full tank and didn't run out. I did however get to the DE's office just for him to tell me to meet him at another airport about 15 miles north because the winds were not to his liking.

But I can finally say, I PASSED!!!!!!
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Re: Passed my PPL ride!

Congrats on your PPL,
When I took my instrument ride it took a few try's. The first time we found that we had made an error in my cross country time and I was about 3 hours short. Then when we resheduled I showed up and was told that the examiner called in sick about 20 minutes earlier. Then the next time he was giving another checkride before me and got sick and called over the unicom that he wasn't feeling well and we had to set up a new day again. It was the worst feeling, getting all stressed out for the checkride and then not taking it and having to get all strressed out again the next week.

Dan
 
Re: Passed my PPL ride!

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But I can finally say, I PASSED!!!!!!
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Congrats!!!! Time for a Margherita....
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