Instrument check ride passed.

Congratulations! I'm getting close myself.
 
Congratulations! I'll bet you find that it makes you a more precise pilot, overall... but it's especially nice to know that there are more days out of the year that you can fly now (not ALL days, mind you... but quite a few more around here, anyway).

Who will be your first passenger into the fluffy stuff?
 
Congrats!! My check ride will be later this month. The written had me in a bundle of nerves. I think I'm more sweating the oral portion than the check ride portion.

So cool man. Well done.
 
Congrats, well done!
 
MetalCloud said:
Congrats!! My check ride will be later this month. The written had me in a bundle of nerves. I think I'm more sweating the oral portion than the check ride portion.

So cool man. Well done.
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That's how I felt, too. As a matter of fact, when I finished the oral I breathed a sigh of relief (as though I was already done). "Oh wait, I still have to do the flying portion!"
 
Congratulations!!! Job well done... Welcome to the wet wing club...:cheers:
 
MetalCloud said:
Congrats!! My check ride will be later this month. The written had me in a bundle of nerves. I think I'm more sweating the oral portion than the check ride portion.

So cool man. Well done.
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This is definitely where I am right now. The oral has me stressed.
 
Congrats ,now get some actual,always fun.
 
RalphInCA said:
Yup. The DPE was not extremely thrilled with my flying but I met standards.

He strongly suggested more practice before I do anything that may get me in trouble.

I said "Wilco!"
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Always good advice.

Marine layer is your friend now. Pretty benign as IMC goes. Often totally smooth, and it's easy to keep track of the ceiling and tops. Just don't shoot to minimums just yet. ILSs and LPVs work down to incredibly low altitudes.

Bring an instrument rated buddy along to help/critique if you like.

Also, you can practice IFR in VMC to get your procedures and clearances down, even if it doesn't count as an approach. If you start to lose it, cancel IFR. Very useful for all those TEC routes down by you.

Honestly, I found that trying to prove I was IFR capable to CAP was incredibly useful for polishing my IFR skills. It was almost like a second checkride, in a different airplane model (182s aren't that different from 172s, but there are some differences -- mostly, a larger difference between climb, cruise and approach speeds resulting in larger throttle corrections than on a 172, and more steps to configuring for landing prior to FAF). The new avionics made little difference to hand-flying, but they did affect the type of failures I had to demonstrate. Standby-instrument scans are weird. So is the reversionary scan.
 
Congrats! I got mine in July. Haven't had too many opportunities to put it to use here in SoCal lately.
 
Congratulations! Now that you have the IFR ticket you will never see clouds again... :D
 
RalphInCA said:
Yup. The DPE was not extremely thrilled with my flying but I met standards.

He strongly suggested more practice before I do anything that may get me in trouble.

I said "Wilco!"
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Congrats on the ride.... But his comments are puzzling. He gave you the authority to fly your family to indefinite 0 feet and 1800 rvr, than says you need practice..??
 
Kritchlow said:
Congrats on the ride.... But his comments are puzzling. He gave you the authority to fly your family to indefinite 0 feet and 1800 rvr, than says you need practice..??
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You do realize most of us have personal minimums, right?

An instrument rating also gives the legal authority to fly a 172 under a severe thunderstorm (or in it, as long as it isn't known icing), but I'm not going to do that.
 
jsstevens said:
This is definitely where I am right now. The oral has me stressed.
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Why? I'm pretty much at the end of the flying, just have to take the written and the oral. Neither my job or my flying depend on me passing, and the tests are nothing in terms of cost (well, nothing if you're used to owning an airplane). There's also apparently no penalty for failing.

Stressed? Naaa. I'd like it over with so I can get busy forgetting all the crap I'll never use, but that's about it.

Relax. :)
 
Mistake Not... said:
Why? I'm pretty much at the end of the flying, just have to take the written and the oral. Neither my job or my flying depend on me passing, and the tests are nothing in terms of cost (well, nothing if you're used to owning an airplane). There's also apparently no penalty for failing.

Stressed? Naaa. I'd like it over with so I can get busy forgetting all the crap I'll never use, but that's about it.

Relax. :)
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Thanks for the encouragement. It doesn't affect my job. I just like to feel prepared and I'm really not. I can do the flying just fine. But the knowledge is sketchy.

John
 
jsstevens said:
Thanks for the encouragement. It doesn't affect my job. I just like to feel prepared and I'm really not. I can do the flying just fine. But the knowledge is sketchy.

John
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If you ever want someone to quiz you, there's a number of folk on here who'd take a phone call and toss questions at ya.
 
denverpilot said:
If you ever want someone to quiz you, there's a number of folk on here who'd take a phone call and toss questions at ya.
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I'll take somebody up on that when I've had a little more study time.

I am determined to get 'er done this time.
 
Mistake Not... said:
Why? I'm pretty much at the end of the flying, just have to take the written and the oral. Neither my job or my flying depend on me passing, and the tests are nothing in terms of cost (well, nothing if you're used to owning an airplane). There's also apparently no penalty for failing.

Stressed? Naaa. I'd like it over with so I can get busy forgetting all the crap I'll never use, but that's about it.

Relax. :)
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This. I'm just nervous because I want to be successful at it, want to pass, want to make my CFI look good, and want to fly in some clouds (and land in marine layer when I need to).
 
denverpilot said:
If you ever want someone to quiz you, there's a number of folk on here who'd take a phone call and toss questions at ya.
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Great point, and many of us could use the review. As you know, there's a lot to remember!
 
MAKG1 said:
You do realize most of us have personal minimums, right?

An instrument rating also gives the legal authority to fly a 172 under a severe thunderstorm (or in it, as long as it isn't known icing), but I'm not going to do that.
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But intentionally flying into a thunderstorm is careless & reckless. An IFR rated pilot to fly to mins is expected. (Expected to be able to accomplish the task)

Plus the DE is authorizing you to fly into 0 ceiling and 1800 rvr. He is not authorizing you to fly into a thunderstorm.
 
Kritchlow said:
But intentionally flying into a thunderstorm is careless & reckless. An IFR rated pilot to fly to mins is expected. (Expected to be able to accomplish the task)

Plus the DE is authorizing you to fly into 0 ceiling and 1800 rvr. He is not authorizing you to fly into a thunderstorm.
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No, it isn't necessarily careless or reckless. There are airplanes specifically designed to penetrate severe weather.

An instrument rating doesn't authorize a 0 ceiling landing by itself. You need a Cat III endorsement for that, and an auto land or other appropriate equipment. 200 feet is the lowest available ceiling, and not under all circumstances.

And there are virtually no fresh instrument pilots out there who can shoot an ILS to minimums with a blown vacuum pump and moderate turbulence, though the rating "expects" it. It takes additional work to get there. The rating is judged by standards, which are well short of the worst possible situation. That means personal minima.
 
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MAKG1 said:
No, it isn't necessarily careless or reckless. There are airplanes specifically designed to penetrate severe weather.

An instrument rating doesn't authorize a 0 ceiling landing by itself. You need a Cat III endorsement for that, and an auto land or other appropriate equipment. 200 feet is the lowest available ceiling, and not under all circumstances.

And there are virtually no fresh instrument pilots out there who can shoot an ILS to minimums with a blown vacuum pump and moderate turbulence, though the rating "expects" it. It takes additional work to get there. The rating is judged by standards, which are well short of the worst possible situation. That means personal minima.
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An instrument rating absolutely, positively authorizes a 0 foot ceiling landing without cat II. The only thing that matters is visibility, generally in the form of rvr with ceilings that low.
Do not confuse a decision height with weather minimums.

And be realistic... no light GA plane that folks here own is built to intentionally penetrate a thunderstorm.
 
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