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Wolfy · February 13th, 2008, 20:53

For those that remember me from NJC Vegas, the sideburns are gone. I thought I should look a little more professional since I got my Commercial Multi yesterday. I did it in a Piper Geronimo (PA-23-180) at Calaveras. It was my initial commercial and multi engine and I'm stoked. 19 years old with 250/30. I'm calling up all my contacts in the bay area to see if there's any work I can do while I get my CFI and CSEL. Let me know if anyone has any leads.

Here's the anecdote from the ride:
The examiner and my instructor go way back. They both lived in Sonoma, I think she did some training with him when she got started in aviation. The last thing we did on the ride was the short field. I landed within 5 feet of the touch down point, the end of the second stripe. It's not hard, the airfoil is the same as a cub and it will just float until you cut the power. We pulled off the runway and she said good job on the landing. I told her it's definetely the maneuver I'm best at, except in practice I would try so hard to land on the point, I could come up short. She told me she was going to screw with my instructor and tell him I failed on the short field. I took that as a pass, she hadn't told me I'd passed yet. She walks over to him, I'm behind the airplane because I'm just smiling too much.
"He just needs a little more work on those short fields."
"What? He's great at them! I guess in practice he came up a foot short."
Totally got him. It was priceless.

February 13th, 2008, 20:53	#1
Wolfy Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sonoma, CA Posts: 294	I cut off my sideburns For those that remember me from NJC Vegas, the sideburns are gone. I thought I should look a little more professional since I got my Commercial Multi yesterday. I did it in a Piper Geronimo (PA-23-180) at Calaveras. It was my initial commercial and multi engine and I'm stoked. 19 years old with 250/30. I'm calling up all my contacts in the bay area to see if there's any work I can do while I get my CFI and CSEL. Let me know if anyone has any leads. Here's the anecdote from the ride: The examiner and my instructor go way back. They both lived in Sonoma, I think she did some training with him when she got started in aviation. The last thing we did on the ride was the short field. I landed within 5 feet of the touch down point, the end of the second stripe. It's not hard, the airfoil is the same as a cub and it will just float until you cut the power. We pulled off the runway and she said good job on the landing. I told her it's definetely the maneuver I'm best at, except in practice I would try so hard to land on the point, I could come up short. She told me she was going to screw with my instructor and tell him I failed on the short field. I took that as a pass, she hadn't told me I'd passed yet. She walks over to him, I'm behind the airplane because I'm just smiling too much. "He just needs a little more work on those short fields." "What? He's great at them! I guess in practice he came up a foot short." Totally got him. It was priceless.