Boltonpilot
New Member
Hello all, it's been a long time since I have posted anything on this website. Quite simply, I've kinda forgotten about it. Anyway, I'm still a student pilot and I'm doing solo cross-country work. Recently, I have not had much luck with finding fair weather for flying because what can I say?--Ohio can suck concerning that aspect!
I've been doing pretty well with flying, however I had one solo flight that was a disaster. I had an endorsment to fly with nothing more than a 10 kt wind and a 6kt cross wind component, (I think,) After I had departed my home airport, (Bolton, TZR) I went to the practice area, as well as a non-towered airport in Fayette County. When I took off, my wind's were within my acceptable range so I departed. 1.5 hrs later, on my arival to TZR, I had to deal with an 18kt wind gusting to 22kts. Yeah, here I am trying to handle a strong cross wind along with the traffic at my airport which was extremely heavy at the time. Bolton is considered Class D, but it seemed more like Class C.
Another factor which did not benefit my landing was the fact that every so often, I tend to fly Cessna's with the thoughts of an airline pilot flying a B757; I flare a LITTLE TO SOON. So basically I hit the runway AWFULLY hard and I bounce back up. (At least my bounce recovery was a lot better.)
I had one question for people who have a PPL. I REALLY hate having to read FAR Part 43 all together. I my book, which is publised by ASA, they have a suggested study list to refer to when you are persuing certain liscences and ratings. One of their suggestions is to basically know everything in Part 43. I was wondering exactly if anyone could tell me just how much is truly necessary for me to know in order to pass the test.
Another thing, I don't have any idea on what will be asked of me on my oral. I was wondering if anyone could give me some example questions which the FAA has asked in the past.
--Thanks
I've been doing pretty well with flying, however I had one solo flight that was a disaster. I had an endorsment to fly with nothing more than a 10 kt wind and a 6kt cross wind component, (I think,) After I had departed my home airport, (Bolton, TZR) I went to the practice area, as well as a non-towered airport in Fayette County. When I took off, my wind's were within my acceptable range so I departed. 1.5 hrs later, on my arival to TZR, I had to deal with an 18kt wind gusting to 22kts. Yeah, here I am trying to handle a strong cross wind along with the traffic at my airport which was extremely heavy at the time. Bolton is considered Class D, but it seemed more like Class C.
Another factor which did not benefit my landing was the fact that every so often, I tend to fly Cessna's with the thoughts of an airline pilot flying a B757; I flare a LITTLE TO SOON. So basically I hit the runway AWFULLY hard and I bounce back up. (At least my bounce recovery was a lot better.)
I had one question for people who have a PPL. I REALLY hate having to read FAR Part 43 all together. I my book, which is publised by ASA, they have a suggested study list to refer to when you are persuing certain liscences and ratings. One of their suggestions is to basically know everything in Part 43. I was wondering exactly if anyone could tell me just how much is truly necessary for me to know in order to pass the test.
Another thing, I don't have any idea on what will be asked of me on my oral. I was wondering if anyone could give me some example questions which the FAA has asked in the past.
--Thanks