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unclenobby · October 13th, 2007, 18:50

I don't post that often but this might be useful to anyone with a checkride coming up. Completed the oral a week ago but had to cxcl the flight due to IFR conditions.

I found a lot of people posting their experience on here helpful so here's my run down on the flight portion today....

Aircraft; C152 (a beast of a plane!!)
Weather - clear skies for the most part, a bit of a wind to consider at the surface but nothing too challenging, the same at altitude.

Started off with a short field TO, trip around the pattern for a Soft Field landing, transitioned into a Soft Field TO, back again for a normal landing with the DPE calling for a go around a few feet from the Runway.

From there set off on the XC (used a combination of my own flight plan and VOR for navigation), after reaching cruise altitude (on schedule!!) he had me point out where I was on the map and pretty much said that was it for navigation.
Hoodwork, maintain course and altitude, combination of turning climbs and descents. Then he had me close my eyes, head down, maintain what you percieve to be straight an level, now turn, open eyes and instrument recover (nose down recovery).
Steep turns, stalls and slow flight. He tuned in a random VOR and had me fly to it (for about 30 seconds!)
Simulated engine out of course.
Return to the airport and a do a no flap landing with a forward slip.

He let me know i passed once we got clear of the active and went through the after landing check list (one of the most pleasant taxi back to the ramp I've had!). Definitely was well prepared so the checkride wasn't that stressful.

I know everyone likes to know how long it took, how many hours etc...
Part 141 school - Started last weekend in May, flew for the most part every Saturday and Sunday, cancellations were minimum during the summer but late August and September kind of sucked (combination of weather and equipment problems).
62 hrs now in the log book.
Looking forward to putting more hours on there and getting started on the instrument rating.

Thats about all I can remember for now.......
Now if you excuse me there's a frosty beverage in the fridge with my name on it.....

October 13th, 2007, 18:50	#1
unclenobby Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Beantown Posts: 147	PPL passed today - (I tamed the beast!!) I don't post that often but this might be useful to anyone with a checkride coming up. Completed the oral a week ago but had to cxcl the flight due to IFR conditions. I found a lot of people posting their experience on here helpful so here's my run down on the flight portion today.... Aircraft; C152 (a beast of a plane!!) Weather - clear skies for the most part, a bit of a wind to consider at the surface but nothing too challenging, the same at altitude. Started off with a short field TO, trip around the pattern for a Soft Field landing, transitioned into a Soft Field TO, back again for a normal landing with the DPE calling for a go around a few feet from the Runway. From there set off on the XC (used a combination of my own flight plan and VOR for navigation), after reaching cruise altitude (on schedule!!) he had me point out where I was on the map and pretty much said that was it for navigation. Hoodwork, maintain course and altitude, combination of turning climbs and descents. Then he had me close my eyes, head down, maintain what you percieve to be straight an level, now turn, open eyes and instrument recover (nose down recovery). Steep turns, stalls and slow flight. He tuned in a random VOR and had me fly to it (for about 30 seconds!) Simulated engine out of course. Return to the airport and a do a no flap landing with a forward slip. He let me know i passed once we got clear of the active and went through the after landing check list (one of the most pleasant taxi back to the ramp I've had!). Definitely was well prepared so the checkride wasn't that stressful. I know everyone likes to know how long it took, how many hours etc... Part 141 school - Started last weekend in May, flew for the most part every Saturday and Sunday, cancellations were minimum during the summer but late August and September kind of sucked (combination of weather and equipment problems). 62 hrs now in the log book. Looking forward to putting more hours on there and getting started on the instrument rating. Thats about all I can remember for now....... Now if you excuse me there's a frosty beverage in the fridge with my name on it.....