Sorry I haven't written sooner, I had computer trouble and had to format my hard drive, repartition it and reinstall Windows XP.
Well, I screwed up my checkride. I did everything pretty well, but on the last approach, partial panel, I dropped below MDA by 40 feet. That was it... I was done for. Failed. In my defense I immediately corrected it and maintained 50 feet above MDA for the rest of the approach. But I still failed.
So I went back in the Frasca for 1 hour with my instructor, and did a couple of non-precision approaches.
Today I was scheduled for my re-take. The examiner suggested we do it in the Frasca, all I needed to do was one, non-precision approach. So I did the Localizer approach to runway 9 at FPR in the Frasca, and that was it, done, I passed. I had less than 30 minutes in the Frasca.
So it sucks bad to have failed a checkride. I was embarassed, and felt defeated. I had worked so hard to get to that point, and I didn't make it. I pulled myself together, and got it done though, so I am happy about that.
Now on to private-multi. I have my first flight in the Seminole tomorrow, and I am looking forward to it. Ground school started today, and is only 5 days long. I will keep you all posted as to my multi progress...
The Turk.