desertdog71
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Ok, first I started my training on Feb. 21st, 2006 and had 43.9 hours at the time of the checkride. Weather Conditions were as follows. Temp 68 DP 50 Winds 160 at 17G26. I was instructed to meet the DE at KUKL Burlington, KS at Noon this afternoon. When I made the appointment he advised me to do a flightplan, and weights and balance for a trip to KUIN Quincy IL. I flew up and arrived early at about 1120am, I did my last minute weather updates to the flight plan, and relaxed before he arrived.
The DE arrived at noon, and we went over his expectations and guidelines. Told me to relax and just fly the plane the way I know how. Advised about if I wanted to stop during the flight, that I had 60 days to cover what was not finished, and also advised what happens if I were not to pass. He then checked my weights and balance figures, flight plan, logbook, and other documents. Asked about my Cross-country flights, and what controled tower airports I have flown into. We then went into my navigation on the flightplan he had me do, asked some questions about airspace, different things about the sectional. Military Routes, Obstruction Heights, Minimum Safe Altitudes etc.
He then asked some questions about documents needed in the aircraft. AROW. Asked some weather questions, mainly windshear, and instability. Asked about Carb and Induction Ice. Asked me to describe the electrical system in the aircraft, what to do if the altenator fails. Asked me if the plane had a fuel pump. Asked about what kind of flaps the plane had. What are flaps used for. He then filled out the remainder of my 8710 form.
We went out and did a pre-flight, climbed in and started up, did run up etc. I used the checklist and also instructed him on the use of seat belts and doors. Taxied onto 18 and did a normal takeoff. He asked me to follow the flight plan to KUIN I did for him. He asked about some tower heights, what is that town? What road is that? Then he says ok the weather is turning bad, we need to divert to KTOP, how do we get there. I tuned the VOR to TOP and he then put the hood on me, asked me to fly to KTOP. I tuned and turned to the proper radial. He then asked me to close my eyes and put my head down (Still with hood on) He had me turn right then left then right again. Then look up and recover. I was pretty much still maintaining altitude. He then took control and asked me to close my eyes and put my head down again. He then did some manuevers and told me to recover. No problem there.
We next moved onto some steep turns to the right and left. I did my clearing turns and explained that I was shallowing my bank due to descent then rolling back into it to complete the turn. Did those to PTS. He then asked me to do a Power On stall turning either left or right. I chose to go right. He was not happy with how I recovered from the stalls on 2 occasions. He then told me that he would like to see them done a certain way, and I demonstarted that for him. We then did a power off stall. After recovering, he then pulled the power to idle. I established best glide speed, selected a landing spot, and checked systems. He started questioning my decision on where to land, and started pointing out other places, like roads, and other fields. I told him I was the PIC, and I had a good spot selected, and any devision ay cause even greater problems. We descended to 500AGL and he had me recover and climb to 1000AGL.
We started heading back in the direction of the airport, and he asked me to do a Turn around a point. I picked an intersection and did the manuever while explaining my actions all the way around. That was fine. We then returned to the airport and entered downwind for 18, he asked for a regular landing, and I did that fine to a full stop. He then asked for a short field takeoff. No probelm there, back around the pattern and he asked for a soft-field landing. I pounded it in to hard, and didn't carry the nose very good on this one. He gave me some instruction on those and then we did a short field takeoff. Again no problem, he then asked for a Short Field landing. I told him I liked doing those, he said good. The 1000 foot mark on the runway is as far as I want you to go. I dropped it in over the 50 foot obstacle and touched down feather soft, and stopped in about 75 feet of roll. He said very nice job. We then did a regular takeoff, and he asked for a regular landing again in downwind. I was just about to pull carb heat and add 10 degrees of flaps, when he pulled the power to idle. I turned in right away, established best glide and setup for the power off landing. Dumped in the flaps, and touched down no problem.
That was it, he said let go finish some paperwork, "You are now a pilot"
I hope this is semi-helpful to some of you.
The DE arrived at noon, and we went over his expectations and guidelines. Told me to relax and just fly the plane the way I know how. Advised about if I wanted to stop during the flight, that I had 60 days to cover what was not finished, and also advised what happens if I were not to pass. He then checked my weights and balance figures, flight plan, logbook, and other documents. Asked about my Cross-country flights, and what controled tower airports I have flown into. We then went into my navigation on the flightplan he had me do, asked some questions about airspace, different things about the sectional. Military Routes, Obstruction Heights, Minimum Safe Altitudes etc.
He then asked some questions about documents needed in the aircraft. AROW. Asked some weather questions, mainly windshear, and instability. Asked about Carb and Induction Ice. Asked me to describe the electrical system in the aircraft, what to do if the altenator fails. Asked me if the plane had a fuel pump. Asked about what kind of flaps the plane had. What are flaps used for. He then filled out the remainder of my 8710 form.
We went out and did a pre-flight, climbed in and started up, did run up etc. I used the checklist and also instructed him on the use of seat belts and doors. Taxied onto 18 and did a normal takeoff. He asked me to follow the flight plan to KUIN I did for him. He asked about some tower heights, what is that town? What road is that? Then he says ok the weather is turning bad, we need to divert to KTOP, how do we get there. I tuned the VOR to TOP and he then put the hood on me, asked me to fly to KTOP. I tuned and turned to the proper radial. He then asked me to close my eyes and put my head down (Still with hood on) He had me turn right then left then right again. Then look up and recover. I was pretty much still maintaining altitude. He then took control and asked me to close my eyes and put my head down again. He then did some manuevers and told me to recover. No problem there.
We next moved onto some steep turns to the right and left. I did my clearing turns and explained that I was shallowing my bank due to descent then rolling back into it to complete the turn. Did those to PTS. He then asked me to do a Power On stall turning either left or right. I chose to go right. He was not happy with how I recovered from the stalls on 2 occasions. He then told me that he would like to see them done a certain way, and I demonstarted that for him. We then did a power off stall. After recovering, he then pulled the power to idle. I established best glide speed, selected a landing spot, and checked systems. He started questioning my decision on where to land, and started pointing out other places, like roads, and other fields. I told him I was the PIC, and I had a good spot selected, and any devision ay cause even greater problems. We descended to 500AGL and he had me recover and climb to 1000AGL.
We started heading back in the direction of the airport, and he asked me to do a Turn around a point. I picked an intersection and did the manuever while explaining my actions all the way around. That was fine. We then returned to the airport and entered downwind for 18, he asked for a regular landing, and I did that fine to a full stop. He then asked for a short field takeoff. No probelm there, back around the pattern and he asked for a soft-field landing. I pounded it in to hard, and didn't carry the nose very good on this one. He gave me some instruction on those and then we did a short field takeoff. Again no problem, he then asked for a Short Field landing. I told him I liked doing those, he said good. The 1000 foot mark on the runway is as far as I want you to go. I dropped it in over the 50 foot obstacle and touched down feather soft, and stopped in about 75 feet of roll. He said very nice job. We then did a regular takeoff, and he asked for a regular landing again in downwind. I was just about to pull carb heat and add 10 degrees of flaps, when he pulled the power to idle. I turned in right away, established best glide and setup for the power off landing. Dumped in the flaps, and touched down no problem.
That was it, he said let go finish some paperwork, "You are now a pilot"
I hope this is semi-helpful to some of you.
my PPL was very long and grueling the oral was over 2 hours i think, and i knew the majority of the stuff, it just went on and on and on
