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Old October 25th, 2006, 13:53   #5
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Default Re: Stupid things we do.

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Originally Posted by kellwolf View Post
I don't like doing them, but the DE I did my MEI ride with pulled it out. My CFI and I ASSUMED he would use the traffic pattern as a rectangular course to satisfy the ground ref portion. So, we're heading back, and he says "Give me a turn around a point on that lake, there." I was like "WTF? I haven't done one of those since my PPL, and I've never done one in a Seminole!" Luckily, it worked out. Every student I had for the MEI after that did turns around a point, just in case....
Same boat as you. I had not done turns around a point since I was a student pilot. Never did any in the Twin Comanche.

In the end the FSDO gets a failure and I get my ticket. Just as stated above.
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