Raskolnikov
Well-Known Member
Passed my instrument checkride today. It is such a relief to get this done. I’ve been studying a lot lately so I’m really looking forward to spending the weekend just relaxing and taking it easy.
Oral portion was pretty straight forward. No surprises. He did not have me plan a cross country in advance and I think that really helped me relax the night before and get some sleep. We talked about cross country planning and how to select a route. He wanted to see how I’d plan a flight from MMV McMinnville, OR to Boeing Field in Seattle. I said I would first look in the AFD for the preferred route and he stopped me right there and said I had already said what he was looking for. Went over MEA, MOCA, some of the symbols on the chart, frequencies, etc. Talked for a while about icing then VFR on top and how you can use it to avoid icing. Lost comm. procedures. He asked me if I plan to carry a VFR chart while on an instrument flight plan. I said I would because in the case of a total electrical failure you would have no other way of navigating. He liked this response and then told me how he had experienced two complete electrical failures in his career and it’s really nice to have a sectional as backup. We continued with other systems failures and what would I do in different scenarios. What altitudes are you required to use supplemental Oxygen. After about two hours of questions we were ready for the flight.
Flew the ILS 31 SLE (Salem, OR) then the procedure turn course reversal for the LOC BC 13 SLE. I’m glad we did these approaches because I had flown these a lot in the previous weeks. We then canceled IFR and did some maneuvers and unusual attitude recoveries. Last was the GPS-B back to McMinnville. The examiner said I’d done a nice job and we finished up the paperwork.
The best part was flying back to my home airport VFR. It was nice to finally see out the window again.
Oral portion was pretty straight forward. No surprises. He did not have me plan a cross country in advance and I think that really helped me relax the night before and get some sleep. We talked about cross country planning and how to select a route. He wanted to see how I’d plan a flight from MMV McMinnville, OR to Boeing Field in Seattle. I said I would first look in the AFD for the preferred route and he stopped me right there and said I had already said what he was looking for. Went over MEA, MOCA, some of the symbols on the chart, frequencies, etc. Talked for a while about icing then VFR on top and how you can use it to avoid icing. Lost comm. procedures. He asked me if I plan to carry a VFR chart while on an instrument flight plan. I said I would because in the case of a total electrical failure you would have no other way of navigating. He liked this response and then told me how he had experienced two complete electrical failures in his career and it’s really nice to have a sectional as backup. We continued with other systems failures and what would I do in different scenarios. What altitudes are you required to use supplemental Oxygen. After about two hours of questions we were ready for the flight.
Flew the ILS 31 SLE (Salem, OR) then the procedure turn course reversal for the LOC BC 13 SLE. I’m glad we did these approaches because I had flown these a lot in the previous weeks. We then canceled IFR and did some maneuvers and unusual attitude recoveries. Last was the GPS-B back to McMinnville. The examiner said I’d done a nice job and we finished up the paperwork.
The best part was flying back to my home airport VFR. It was nice to finally see out the window again.
