JacksonHandy
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Checkride scheduled for EOM. Yikes
Best feeling in the world! It took every fiber to not cause a commotion on the ramp in celebration.Congratulations! Feels great, doesn’t it?
Now my head is so huge my hat doesn't fit.
Now my head is so huge my hat doesn't fit.
Two weeks with no flight time. Ugh. Between weather, July 4 holiday and losing almost a week to the airport being without power due to Beryl, I can’t seem to catch a break. Today’s forecast looks crappy, as well.
The flight school won’t schedule the DPE for my checkride until I complete a mock checkride, and the earliest opening that I can schedule it is 2 weeks out - and that assumes that the weather is clear that particular day. If weather blocks that, then I’m re-scheduling for probably another 2 weeks or more out.
There has to be a better way to get this done.
You mean the 150nm cross country to three different airports? That was amazingly fun and as memorable to me as my first solo! But get more solo practice time in beforehand if you're not proficient/confident - you'll have to aviate, navigate and communicate all on your own.43 hours. Have about 4.5 solo. I'm dragging my feet on the long solo.
It been the other way around for me lately and I am not complaining.Two weeks with no flight time. Ugh. Between weather, July 4 holiday and losing almost a week to the airport being without power due to Beryl, I can’t seem to catch a break. Today’s forecast looks crappy, as well.
The flight school won’t schedule the DPE for my checkride until I complete a mock checkride, and the earliest opening that I can schedule it is 2 weeks out - and that assumes that the weather is clear that particular day. If weather blocks that, then I’m re-scheduling for probably another 2 weeks or more out.
There has to be a better way to get this done.
It's not a flight school, so it wouldn't run like one. It sounds like he's in a club and taking lessons from an independent CFI/CFI associated with the club.8 days?
That's not OK for a flight school model at all. Sounds like it's really a club/partnership that allows CFIs to train in their planes occasionally. That may be OK for getting a minor endorsement like complex, tailwheel or high performance, but probably not for getting a full cert.
Got a ppl checkride scheduled in two weeks… any advice?
If you have any mental downtime where you're just performing menial labor or whatever, wear earbuds and listen to checkride mock oral interviews on youtube. I did that while cutting grass, driving, etc for a couple weeks leading into my Private checkride and the oral portion was extremely easy.Got a ppl checkride scheduled in two weeks… any advice?
That's a good list. I like this one for ppl a lot. The 1st time I watched it I was terrified thinking I'll never be as prepared as this gut. But then I watched it 100 times. my oral went really well.If you have any mental downtime where you're just performing menial labor or whatever, wear earbuds and listen to checkride mock oral interviews on youtube. I did that while cutting grass, driving, etc for a couple weeks leading into my Private checkride and the oral portion was extremely easy.
I compiled a non-exhaustive playlist linked here.
I just got mine a few weeks ago. Good luck!My instrument checkride is on Monday. The DPE has a real sense of humor: he assigned a cross country to KOSH, so I'm not at Airventure but I'm sitting here pouring over the NOTAM.![]()
Assuming you meant the 31st... Best of luck tomorrow, and get lots of rest!Got a ppl checkride scheduled in two weeks… any advice?
Was thinking about doing the same thing with shep air. Did you also study the commercial material to learn it or solely do shep air for commercial written and will actually "learn it" later?Needed to impose another 24-month deadline on myself, so I just completed the Commercial/CAX written exam.
The test had considerable overlap with AGI and IGI/IRA, so I only spent a few days with Sheppard Air and passed with a 99% - curse those postage stamp sized performance flow charts on these exams.![]()