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  1. ColinD

    Daily Pic

    Photos over the Twin Cities last Friday. This was my first time picking up flight following since passing my Private checkride a couple months back, transitioning the Minneapolis/St. Paul bravo en route to KSTP to have dinner at Holman's Table. I made our dinner reservation on this particular...
  2. ColinD

    New POA member intro and new (to me) plane

    Welcome, neighbor. I'm in the St. Cloud area.
  3. ColinD

    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    Just passed my Private check ride this morning. Weather finally cooperated, beautiful day aside from some low-level wind shear that made the approaches a bit of a handful. Looking forward to getting together with my CFI and transitioning into the flight school's 182RG and earning my complex...
  4. ColinD

    And the award for “Most in need of new N number” goes to…

    Huh. Looks like the N-number I posted was so objectionable it's not even allowed on this forum.
  5. ColinD

    So, student pilots.. Who are we and where do we stand?

    I took my discovery flight in mid June and began lessons in early July. I'm flying a 172R at a part 61 school out of a Class D airport. Trained pretty steadily throughout the summer with frequent interruptions due to maintenance, weather, and availability in my CFI's schedule. I think it took...
  6. ColinD

    Daily Pic

    Autumn sunset here in central Minnesota.
  7. ColinD

    Finally restarted my flying lessons.

    Fellow student here (~56 hours, flying to stay proficient while I wait for an opening in the DPE's schedule.) The squawk codes are easy to remember as: 75 taken alive 76 need a fix (or "there's a glitch") 77 going to heaven I was also taught the emergency engine-out procedure as ABCDE, but...
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