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I’m an assistant manager... at an automatic car wash... It took me many years of stopping and starting training to complete my ppl but that was due to me trying to have several hobbies. I had about 25 hrs total when I finally decided I was going to make flying a priority and gave up the other...

My dad was a pro wrestler in the Tennessee territories and some of the other southeastern territories in the 60s and 70s. He also worked a full time job. He got his license and starting flying to and from the matches so he wouldn’t miss work. His Apache was burned to the ground at the airport...

I’ve only had my certificate for about a month so I can’t impart the kind of wisdom some of these guys can. I’ll say this though..... stay with it. No matter how long it’s seeming to take, or what kind of roadblocks come along.. some might be learning related, mine were money related. It will...

I took my ride a couple of weeks ago. I realized the night before the ride that my chart was expired. I informed the DPE of this when we met up that morning (we rode to the airport together) and told him that I could buy a current one from the FBO and redraw my course line as soon as we got...

I think I know who you are talking about. My CFI used to use him a lot. I’m pretty sure from what I remember he retired.

His name is Dave Thompson. He lives close to KTRI but I’m sure he’s done checkrides at KDKX He was thorough but fair.

Now that it has sank in for a few days and I’ve been able to kind of reflect on the checkride experience it actually went very well. The ground portion went really well in my opinion. I studied the asa oral test prep book for weeks but he really didn’t ask anything even remotely from that...

Thanks man. And your right about life getting in the way. Congrats to you for sticking with it.

Lmao... it’s hard right now.

Id promised my mom a looonnng time ago that she was going to be. My fiancé has been kind enough to be a good sport about it. Gonna let my wallet recover for a week or 2 and take mom up.

It’s still sinking in.. but yes it does.

Well after 16 years with several long term inactive periods, I passed my checkride yesterday. The ground went better than I expected. That flight was the longest 1.5 hours of my life. Lol. My examiner was very thorough but equally fair. It still hasn’t really sank in to me yet. The...

Passed the checkride today. Looking T my temp certificate as I write this. Best of luck to all of you guys and girls still working on your certificates. Keep at it

Checkride is scheduled for this coming Tuesday. Meeting with the DPE today after work to let him give my logbook a look. Can’t wait but am really nervous lol

It’s starting to look more and more like my instruction hasn’t been up to par. I’ve read lots about accelerated stalls but have yet to be shown one. I should’ve brought this up to my CFI so I’m partially to blame as well. This thread has me beginning to wonder if I should’ve been signed off...

I was just watching the first one yesterday. My ride is coming up and I’ll definitely be watching this tonight.

I’ve thought about that as well. I’ve never been taught stalls during a turn. The DPE I plan on using will do a mock checkride with the applicant. I’m going to take advantage of this and hopefully cover a turning stall as well.

Lol I’ve seen more consensus on this topic than probably any other post I’ve read.

This is how I’d been previously shown power ON stalls and how ive practiced them solo. The only time other than this instructor that I’ve read or been told anything about cutting the power during a power oncstall when when it developed into a spin. I’ve been spending a lot of time in my POH...

Thank you sir. This was my thinking too. I guess I was just needing some validation from other pilots. I can recover the proper way and will do so on my ride. This guy has been a good instructor I guess he has just made an error here. Thanks again!