Mazzie Flying Service
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Squawking 7600
Re: Mazzei Flying Service
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Good luck on your checkride. Remember to listen to the NDB ident at all times during the NDB approach.
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8/12: Thank you for the advice. I passed the checkride and am now an instrument rated pilot. The oral lasted just over 2 hours (it was scheduled for 3). He got me on a few weather items and other small stuff. During the flight I was doing the DME arc partial panel and my DME started jumping from 18.2 to 18.8 then 19.2 and then it went blank. I waited about ten seconds and then switched the DME over to Nav2 and it came back at 18.2 (on a 18 mile DME arc) but I was freaking out for a minute. Also on this plane you need to pull out the knob on the radios to ID a station (and I knew this), he said that I never did this and that is why I never heard a single station ID. I placed the nav channels on phone and know for a fact that I heard them, thus the reason I probably never looked at the knob position. It must have been bleeding through ever so slightly. I was overall more nervous than I thought I would be and the fact that the check pilot never said a word to me didn't help at all but I passed and don't have to go through that again for a few months. This weekend I am taking the family camping to celebrate and relax.
Later...oh ya, this---->
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Good luck on your checkride. Remember to listen to the NDB ident at all times during the NDB approach.
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8/12: Thank you for the advice. I passed the checkride and am now an instrument rated pilot. The oral lasted just over 2 hours (it was scheduled for 3). He got me on a few weather items and other small stuff. During the flight I was doing the DME arc partial panel and my DME started jumping from 18.2 to 18.8 then 19.2 and then it went blank. I waited about ten seconds and then switched the DME over to Nav2 and it came back at 18.2 (on a 18 mile DME arc) but I was freaking out for a minute. Also on this plane you need to pull out the knob on the radios to ID a station (and I knew this), he said that I never did this and that is why I never heard a single station ID. I placed the nav channels on phone and know for a fact that I heard them, thus the reason I probably never looked at the knob position. It must have been bleeding through ever so slightly. I was overall more nervous than I thought I would be and the fact that the check pilot never said a word to me didn't help at all but I passed and don't have to go through that again for a few months. This weekend I am taking the family camping to celebrate and relax.
Later...oh ya, this---->
project7
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Re: Mazzei Flying Service
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Also on this plane you need to pull out the knob on the radios to ID a station (and I knew this), he said that I never did this and that is why I never heard a single station ID.
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Now that you're rated, you'll go out in the real world of IFR and start tuning and identifying because you want to verify the station, not because you have to. For me, for some reason, thats how it worked out. It probably has to do with comfort level, and the fact that you don't have someone watching you and waiting for you to screw up. Congrats! Now keep current.
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Also on this plane you need to pull out the knob on the radios to ID a station (and I knew this), he said that I never did this and that is why I never heard a single station ID.
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Now that you're rated, you'll go out in the real world of IFR and start tuning and identifying because you want to verify the station, not because you have to. For me, for some reason, thats how it worked out. It probably has to do with comfort level, and the fact that you don't have someone watching you and waiting for you to screw up. Congrats! Now keep current.
Re: Mazzei Flying Service
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How do you like kingsburg. Still getting everything ready to apply to the fighter unit out of FAT.
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Not to discourage you, but if you are applying to be a pilot out at the Fresno ANG unit and are not currently part of the unit, sadly, there is very little chance of being selected for flight training. Unless things have drastically changed in recent times, they select 1, maybe 2, guys from the unit each year to attend flight training and the selection process is extremely competitive. When I spoke to the unit a while back they said they had about 50 guys who apply every year who are already part of the unit, usually as maintenance personel, and the chances of me being selected were about zero. I hated hearing that.
If you are young enough, you might want to consider joining the unit first as one of the F-16 maintenace guys and getting to know everybody. Once you are there and doing a good job get your packet ready and try to get some recommendations from some of the pilots and "upper echelon" over there. Thats is your best bet to get into flight training (with that unit anyways, not sure about others). Don't be discouraged though, think about going the enlisted route with them and try to get into flight school that way. There is more then one way to skin a cat.
If you aren't applying directly to flight training, then disregard everything I just said. lol
Of course, you could always just say screw "the norm" and apply anyways. That's what I would do if my vision was better.
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How do you like kingsburg. Still getting everything ready to apply to the fighter unit out of FAT.
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Not to discourage you, but if you are applying to be a pilot out at the Fresno ANG unit and are not currently part of the unit, sadly, there is very little chance of being selected for flight training. Unless things have drastically changed in recent times, they select 1, maybe 2, guys from the unit each year to attend flight training and the selection process is extremely competitive. When I spoke to the unit a while back they said they had about 50 guys who apply every year who are already part of the unit, usually as maintenance personel, and the chances of me being selected were about zero. I hated hearing that.
If you are young enough, you might want to consider joining the unit first as one of the F-16 maintenace guys and getting to know everybody. Once you are there and doing a good job get your packet ready and try to get some recommendations from some of the pilots and "upper echelon" over there. Thats is your best bet to get into flight training (with that unit anyways, not sure about others). Don't be discouraged though, think about going the enlisted route with them and try to get into flight school that way. There is more then one way to skin a cat.
If you aren't applying directly to flight training, then disregard everything I just said. lol
Of course, you could always just say screw "the norm" and apply anyways. That's what I would do if my vision was better.
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You know, scoob, after thinking about it, times may have changed over there. A few years back at Fresno State, there were actually Air Force pilot slots left over from the ROTC, i.e., the Air Force couldn't fill all the slots for the ROTC detachment. This leads me to believe that maybe the unit does do some outside recruiting now.
If you have a chance to fly for the unit I say go for it! It would certainly be a great experience.
You know, scoob, after thinking about it, times may have changed over there. A few years back at Fresno State, there were actually Air Force pilot slots left over from the ROTC, i.e., the Air Force couldn't fill all the slots for the ROTC detachment. This leads me to believe that maybe the unit does do some outside recruiting now.
If you have a chance to fly for the unit I say go for it! It would certainly be a great experience.
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What I was told is that they used to send only people from inside there unit. But they kept droping out so now there going to the outside. I'm also going to apply to AD also and not sure which one I would take. AD seems stable and fun but I'm a location person.
What I was told is that they used to send only people from inside there unit. But they kept droping out so now there going to the outside. I'm also going to apply to AD also and not sure which one I would take. AD seems stable and fun but I'm a location person.
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Question about Mazzie... would you say they tend to emphasize Multi time less than Ari-Ben? They both look like good schools, don't get me wrong.
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More then likely, yes.
IIRC, they didn't have many ME aircraft out there. It has been a while since I have been out there but I am almost positive that ME time isn't stressed like it is at AB.
Question about Mazzie... would you say they tend to emphasize Multi time less than Ari-Ben? They both look like good schools, don't get me wrong.
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More then likely, yes.
IIRC, they didn't have many ME aircraft out there. It has been a while since I have been out there but I am almost positive that ME time isn't stressed like it is at AB.
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Squawking 7600
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Question about Mazzie... would you say they tend to emphasize Multi time less than Ari-Ben? They both look like good schools, don't get me wrong.
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Mazzei has three multi-engines. Two PA44's and one PA34. They do not stress multi-time even close to the degree that Ari-Ben does. They do offer courses that have you get your Private AMEL and then you do your instrument rating in the multi. This gives you around 45-55 hours of multi time in the end. You get 10 more during your MEI. Mazzei does not authorize solo flights in the multi so you are limited on the commercial since you have so much solo time to complete. You are however free to substitute SE dual time with the ME anytime you and your wallet feel like it (it is $140 more per hour than the PA38).
As an instructor here, I have been told the average is about 60 hours of ME per year. All depends on the students you get and what program they elect to do. My plan is to go to Ari and buy 50 or 100 hours if I am still lacking multi time when I get close to 1000hrs TT.
Question about Mazzie... would you say they tend to emphasize Multi time less than Ari-Ben? They both look like good schools, don't get me wrong.
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Mazzei has three multi-engines. Two PA44's and one PA34. They do not stress multi-time even close to the degree that Ari-Ben does. They do offer courses that have you get your Private AMEL and then you do your instrument rating in the multi. This gives you around 45-55 hours of multi time in the end. You get 10 more during your MEI. Mazzei does not authorize solo flights in the multi so you are limited on the commercial since you have so much solo time to complete. You are however free to substitute SE dual time with the ME anytime you and your wallet feel like it (it is $140 more per hour than the PA38).
As an instructor here, I have been told the average is about 60 hours of ME per year. All depends on the students you get and what program they elect to do. My plan is to go to Ari and buy 50 or 100 hours if I am still lacking multi time when I get close to 1000hrs TT.
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Squawking 7600
Re: Mazzei Flying Service
8/16: Took a Tomahawk to Lodi (110NM north of Fresno) for my first 100NM dual cross country. It was nice to take the hood off and actually look around. Tonight I have another 100NM dual cross country at night before I can begin my solo cross countries. I need to solo for a total of 35 hours and I plan on doing this quickly. I am trying to get the school to allow me to take a couple long overnight cross countries out of state but I am being told that the school frowns on this ever since one student ran out of fuel and landed short of a runway during an out of state solo cross country.
8/16: Took a Tomahawk to Lodi (110NM north of Fresno) for my first 100NM dual cross country. It was nice to take the hood off and actually look around. Tonight I have another 100NM dual cross country at night before I can begin my solo cross countries. I need to solo for a total of 35 hours and I plan on doing this quickly. I am trying to get the school to allow me to take a couple long overnight cross countries out of state but I am being told that the school frowns on this ever since one student ran out of fuel and landed short of a runway during an out of state solo cross country.
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Squawking 7600
Re: Mazzei Flying Service
8/17: Had my 100NM night cross-country but the airplane was burning our 14 gallons of fuel at a rate of about 12-14 gallons per hour (should have been 5-6 GPH). We diverted to Modesto to check for a fuel leak. We found nothing so we refueled and headed back to Fresno. He said we will make up this cross country later. The funny thing is that the same plane was flown the very next day and had a normal fuel burn off of the same tank. We leaned properly and checked the low points for leaks, looked for fuel streaks along the airframe and for any strong smells from the engine...nothing.
8/18: Had my oral exam to authorize me to begin my solo cross countries. No issues during the exam. I had the same guy from my oral last week so he was pretty easy on me since he already knew my knowledge level on weather and what have you.
8/19: Tonight I did my local solo flight to get my 10 touchdowns and takeoffs done. Took 1.0 hours, not bad since I did not have to commute to find a towered airport.
8/20: Tonight I have my first solo cross-country. I am going up to Sacramento Exec. Should be fun. I am going to do most of my cross countries at night since the FAR's do not specify whether the solo flights should be day or night and I know that night hours look good in a log book and also are hard to come by as an instructor.
8/17: Had my 100NM night cross-country but the airplane was burning our 14 gallons of fuel at a rate of about 12-14 gallons per hour (should have been 5-6 GPH). We diverted to Modesto to check for a fuel leak. We found nothing so we refueled and headed back to Fresno. He said we will make up this cross country later. The funny thing is that the same plane was flown the very next day and had a normal fuel burn off of the same tank. We leaned properly and checked the low points for leaks, looked for fuel streaks along the airframe and for any strong smells from the engine...nothing.
8/18: Had my oral exam to authorize me to begin my solo cross countries. No issues during the exam. I had the same guy from my oral last week so he was pretty easy on me since he already knew my knowledge level on weather and what have you.
8/19: Tonight I did my local solo flight to get my 10 touchdowns and takeoffs done. Took 1.0 hours, not bad since I did not have to commute to find a towered airport.
8/20: Tonight I have my first solo cross-country. I am going up to Sacramento Exec. Should be fun. I am going to do most of my cross countries at night since the FAR's do not specify whether the solo flights should be day or night and I know that night hours look good in a log book and also are hard to come by as an instructor.
subpilot
Squawking 7600
Re: Mazzei Flying Service
Sorry for such a long time without an update. I have been busy doing my solo cross countries.
8/20: I went to Sacramento for a night solo. Got 2.6 hours.
8/22: I went down to Torrence (just south of LAX). I went down daytime over the mountains and came back at night along the coast. Just 10-15 minutes after I took off the fog bank rolled inland and covered LA and the coastline the whole way up. I had radio problems after takeoff from Torrence. Talking to Flight Service they could barely make out my radio calls so I decided against calling SoCal Approach for a route through LA airspace, so I instead flew around LA's Class B airspace which added one hour to my flight time. Later I called Flight Service over Paso Robles and they said I was loud and clear. Damn radios. At least I got one more hour of night time logged and a total of 6 hours for the flight.
8/23: Went up to San Jose (Ried Hillview) during the day. Had In-and-Out for dinner (Yes, the $100 cheeseburger). Came back at night for 2.8 hours total.
8/24: Today was Valley Pinball. I went down to Bakersfield, west to Paso Robles, back east to Porterville, and then back to Fresno. Got 3.8 total and 1.7 night. During this flight I finally knocked the dust off my landing technique and am able to touch down smoothly now with no hard landings and bounces. Something that I was having problems with ever since I started training last month.
Sorry for such a long time without an update. I have been busy doing my solo cross countries.
8/20: I went to Sacramento for a night solo. Got 2.6 hours.
8/22: I went down to Torrence (just south of LAX). I went down daytime over the mountains and came back at night along the coast. Just 10-15 minutes after I took off the fog bank rolled inland and covered LA and the coastline the whole way up. I had radio problems after takeoff from Torrence. Talking to Flight Service they could barely make out my radio calls so I decided against calling SoCal Approach for a route through LA airspace, so I instead flew around LA's Class B airspace which added one hour to my flight time. Later I called Flight Service over Paso Robles and they said I was loud and clear. Damn radios. At least I got one more hour of night time logged and a total of 6 hours for the flight.
8/23: Went up to San Jose (Ried Hillview) during the day. Had In-and-Out for dinner (Yes, the $100 cheeseburger). Came back at night for 2.8 hours total.
8/24: Today was Valley Pinball. I went down to Bakersfield, west to Paso Robles, back east to Porterville, and then back to Fresno. Got 3.8 total and 1.7 night. During this flight I finally knocked the dust off my landing technique and am able to touch down smoothly now with no hard landings and bounces. Something that I was having problems with ever since I started training last month.