BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
I got around to taking my written today. I've been a little tardy doing it, but I did alright on it. So now I can start studying for the other ones pre ATP entry.
For some reason I had a bunch of problems taking it. First off, I went last friday (after my instructor told me I didn't need to make an appointment) and was told that I have to register ahead of time to take them. So I scheduled for today, and showed up... But there was no instructors availible. So I sat in the FBO for awhile and listened to some guy talk about what a pain it is to fly out of an airport under the DC TFR. Anyhow, an instructor eventually shows up and sets me up on one of the lasergrade machines. I start the test and get to question 6 or 7 which requires an wind direction calculation. So I reach for my trusty EB6... but wait. The slide wheel part isn't on it. All I have is the background card! The wheel must have fallen off in my flight bag. Thankfully, the software comes with a built in flight computer. How cool is that. The moral of that story is that I am DEFINATLY getting an electric EB6 sometime soon. It is so much easier to use. As if that wasn't enough stress, I finished my test and hit the exit button... and the computer crashes. Well, actually the monitor died when it tried to change screen resolutions. The instructor that I had worked with didn't know what to do so he got his boss. Who made a lot of grunting sounds and said that had to change the monitor. And they had to turn off the computer to do it. Well, I've never turned off my computer to change a monitor.... but what ever. He said he "hoped" that my test would be saved and turned off the power.
Ethan
Oh yeah... you probably are wondering if the test was saved
It was.
For some reason I had a bunch of problems taking it. First off, I went last friday (after my instructor told me I didn't need to make an appointment) and was told that I have to register ahead of time to take them. So I scheduled for today, and showed up... But there was no instructors availible. So I sat in the FBO for awhile and listened to some guy talk about what a pain it is to fly out of an airport under the DC TFR. Anyhow, an instructor eventually shows up and sets me up on one of the lasergrade machines. I start the test and get to question 6 or 7 which requires an wind direction calculation. So I reach for my trusty EB6... but wait. The slide wheel part isn't on it. All I have is the background card! The wheel must have fallen off in my flight bag. Thankfully, the software comes with a built in flight computer. How cool is that. The moral of that story is that I am DEFINATLY getting an electric EB6 sometime soon. It is so much easier to use. As if that wasn't enough stress, I finished my test and hit the exit button... and the computer crashes. Well, actually the monitor died when it tried to change screen resolutions. The instructor that I had worked with didn't know what to do so he got his boss. Who made a lot of grunting sounds and said that had to change the monitor. And they had to turn off the computer to do it. Well, I've never turned off my computer to change a monitor.... but what ever. He said he "hoped" that my test would be saved and turned off the power.
Ethan
Oh yeah... you probably are wondering if the test was saved
