Wolfy
Well-Known Member
I'm now a flight instructor with sport pilot privileges! Why would I do that instead of just a normal CFI? I have no idea anymore. I thought it would be faster and cheaper. Way wrong. Anyway, I passed today. Flew in a Champ. Hopefully, I'll be able to do some taildragger training in Sonoma like I've talked about here before. I just have to get an airplane to use somehow. Banks accept hopes, dreams and smiles as payment right?
The quick interesting points:
This was the easiest checkride I've had (you could also say I was the most prepared).
The examiner was 82.
He was not a fed, but a DPE-Sport Pilot Instructor Examiner.
He flew there in his Champ.
I spent hours perfecting short field landings and didn't do one on the checkride.
I'm smart enough to divert to the airport directly underneath me in the case of a medical emergency.
I'm skilled enough to glide to the airport still directly underneath me in the case of an engine failure.
Slipping a Champ with a 15 kt wind straight down the runway is so unnecessary, it's actually hard to demonstrate.
The quick interesting points:
This was the easiest checkride I've had (you could also say I was the most prepared).
The examiner was 82.
He was not a fed, but a DPE-Sport Pilot Instructor Examiner.
He flew there in his Champ.
I spent hours perfecting short field landings and didn't do one on the checkride.
I'm smart enough to divert to the airport directly underneath me in the case of a medical emergency.
I'm skilled enough to glide to the airport still directly underneath me in the case of an engine failure.
Slipping a Champ with a 15 kt wind straight down the runway is so unnecessary, it's actually hard to demonstrate.
