Wolfy
Well-Known Member
Two weeks after my first scheduled check ride date, I passed. It feels great to have this weight off my shoulder. I've had delays because of maintenance, a company not shipping a part, UPS losing the part when it was shipped and getting weathered in for two days on a cross country.
I won't go in to all the details on the check ride but I'll cover my best and worst.
Worst: When she pulled the power, I picked out the airport ahead of us to land. She said, "Where are you?".
"Over Eagle's Nest. Maybe I should land there."
Best: My oral description of what happens when you cross a VOR was text book. Short field landing was within 30 feet of the set point. The first landing I did arriving to the airport felt like the best I've ever done. It had me psyched for the rest of the check ride.
Other weird thing was unusual attitudes. I practiced them the day before, and my CFI would have me look down while he maneuvered the plane. I'd look up to 30 degrees of bank and a dive of 120mph and 20 degrees.
On the check ride, she had me close my eyes and fly the plane. After about 30 seconds I'd look up and correct. It was way too easy though. I was never more than a few degrees of in any direction. I always heard you would go into a spin very quickly if you couldn't see. I really didn't have that problem, maybe just the stability of the airplane.
I'm just glad I earned that cake. At the bottom of this page you can see my photo with my new cert.
http://skyparkflying.com/news.htm
I won't go in to all the details on the check ride but I'll cover my best and worst.
Worst: When she pulled the power, I picked out the airport ahead of us to land. She said, "Where are you?".
"Over Eagle's Nest. Maybe I should land there."
Best: My oral description of what happens when you cross a VOR was text book. Short field landing was within 30 feet of the set point. The first landing I did arriving to the airport felt like the best I've ever done. It had me psyched for the rest of the check ride.
Other weird thing was unusual attitudes. I practiced them the day before, and my CFI would have me look down while he maneuvered the plane. I'd look up to 30 degrees of bank and a dive of 120mph and 20 degrees.
On the check ride, she had me close my eyes and fly the plane. After about 30 seconds I'd look up and correct. It was way too easy though. I was never more than a few degrees of in any direction. I always heard you would go into a spin very quickly if you couldn't see. I really didn't have that problem, maybe just the stability of the airplane.
I'm just glad I earned that cake. At the bottom of this page you can see my photo with my new cert.
http://skyparkflying.com/news.htm
