The Turkey goes to school!

I have my stage 2 oral and flight check tomorrow. Basically it is cross country check, to make sure I know how to navigate to different airports safely, how to enter traffic patterns, find landmarks, read the sectional, calculate true course, ground speed, diversions, all that good stuff. My weak point is those damn short field landings. I am either too fast and float to long, or too slow and slam the plane down short. Practice makes perfect right?? The problem is I have to nail them on my stage check tomorrow.

The Turk.
 
its all about getting those speeds nailed throughout the traffic pattern. the trick i used for shorts was to just fly the specified speed to the numbers, don't touch the power unless you get behind the curve, and then cut the power at the numbers and fly it down to the runway...when you cut that power, keep that nice slow airspeed right down to your flare and by that time you shoudl be close to stall and be able to just drop it wherever it is you want it. i usually have very steep approaches for short fileds and a bit more shallow for the softs...its seems to work. once you get the feel for it you'll do soft short combination landings all day with no problem. wait till you try the seminole, that thing is a dream when it comes to approach and landing....super stable, and softs/shorts in it are butter.
 
The pain in the butt about the Pipers is that because they are low wings, they like to float in ground effect a little more than the Cessna 150 I usually fly.

However, the thing I'm starting to learn more and more each week is that the earlier you have everything stable (airspeed, aligned with the runway, on the glidepath) the more control you have of the aircraft at the end.

You guys going to check out that helicopter thing this afternoon? Maybe I'll bump into you...

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I passed my stage 2 check!!
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I nailed the soft field landing, but the short was just OK. Everything else went pretty smooth. Now the fun starts with the solo cross countries. I am almost done!

The Turk.
 
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So if you cant believe someone can have a good experince, then you are an immature little bratt, who has a lot of growing up to do.


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Oh man that's spooky, have we met before?
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Go buy a dictionary

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Why do you have to spoil my fun?


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Can't you see the irony here?
 
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Hey E6BJock-
Oook, who ya working for? Westwind? hahaha! All of your posts have been in the Pan Am forum and very, umm, well ya know.BTW, your IP address doesn't match your email address at all.

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Hey Doug

Westwind? Nah, I'm simply exercising my right to.. well you know...

please don't exlude me...i'm begging here... this is all I have... I can change really... one more chance...oh go on....I'll be nice....I'll try and say nice things about you know who at DVT

"Never judge a man by his previous posts"
 
Back to the topic...
My first solo cross country went well, no surprises. I flew from FPR to SEF (sebring). Tomorrow morning I have my "long" cross country. I am planning on FPR to PHK (Pahokee) to APF (Naples) then the long haul back to FPR. I hope the weather's nice so I can climb above 2000 feet this time. Should be fun!!

The Turk.
 
Well, the cross country was a blast! Clear skies and I was cruisin' where it was cool at 5500 feet from APF to FPR. Now I only have 3 more review flights before my final stage check, then its on to the FAA check ride. So far I am only over the estimate by 3 hours, not bad.

The Turk.
 
you have 3 "review" flights....or do you have 3 flights remaining in the sylabus?

it feels good to get up high and just cruise in the cold air. we used to see who would make it the highest on each flight...i think one guy actually went to 11500 in the Archer, which is quite a feet of persistance considering that thing doesn't really want to climb that high.
 
As of Sunday I have 3 review flights, then the stage 3 check, then the FAA checkride. I had 2 flights on Sunday, now I have one more review flight on Wednesday, and I am studying for the oral.

The Turk.

P.S. the last 3 flights in the PPL program are review flights that are part of the syllabus.
 
Well... this is it. All of my flights with my instructor are finished.
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All I have left is the stage 3 check, then its on to the FAA check ride. I cant beleive how far I have come in just 5 and a half weeks. From 0 time to completeing the PPL course in under 6 weeks. I don't feel like I was pushed through either. I finished with only 3.8 hours over the syllabus, which I think is pretty good. I couldn't get scheduled for the stage check for Thursday, so weather permitting (Kyle) I will get it done Friday. Then sometime next week I will do the FAA check ride. I will let you all know how it goes Friday. Meanwhile... more studying...
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The Turk.
 
Cool beans, Turk. I think Kyle is going to be a non issue. Hopefully, it won't get too breezy this afternoon...if it doesn't...its SOLO time for me!!!

Good luck on the checkride....

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Good job Turk, From what I understand you have 63.8 hours in under 2 months and you are ready for your check ride. This up coming Saturday will be week 3 in my PPL training at my FBO and so far I've only have done 3 lessons...LOL... My instructor only flies on the weekends so I have to switch to a different CFI. So you fly on avg. 10 hours a week?

Anyway just wanted to say you have me very very jealous, Keep up the good work!
 
Actually I have 59.9 hours total, and that includes 3 stage check flights, which account for 4.6 hours of the total.

I passed stage 3 stage check yesterday.
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I had some trouble with the oral portion, but the flight went well. I have come to the realization, that I need to know 10 times more information for the oral, than I did for the written. Now that I look back, the FAA written is a joke.

So I am ready to take the FAA checkride,
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but I am going to delay it for a few days so I can really hit the books, and try to get all that info to sink in.

The Turk.
 
Yup, there is ALOT more information you need to know for the oral, compared to the written. Thats why I have such a big problem with the ground schools here... they only teach you enough to pass the written (each daily lesson and the weekly tests come directly out of the GLEIM). Thank goodness you have who I would consider to be the best instructor at PanAm, he'll make sure you are ready to pass.
 
nice job turk.

What is the average at fart piss for privates? at phoenix it seems to be around 80-90. We do get some exceptional pilots that get it in around 60-65. But the rule is usually between 80-90.
 
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