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Proud Pilot · March 1st, 2008, 20:14

When I was a student pilot, my CFI, who as the head CFI at our flight school, signed me off for solo aerobatic flights (Robin R-2160), solo night flying, repeat unsupervised solo cross countries both day and NIGHT. Even though I was still a student pilot, I would go up with him whenever the weather was bad to get as much actual IFR as possible in all seasons (ice, fog, thunderstorms). I wanted to see it for real before getting on at a regional.

It was so cool going out on a solo flight in the R-2160, walking out to the flightline carrying my parachute! My private pilot checkride was taken in a CE-152 due to the Robin being down for mx. I didn't know that the Robin was down until showing up at the airport in the morning. My CFI informed me that I could reschedule in the Robin or if I wanted to still do the checkride the same day, I could get a quick checkout in a CE-152. I had never flown the CE-152 prior to my checkride, so we went up to do a couple of touch and goes in order for me to get comfortable with it. The examiner had a strange look on his face when he read on my certificate application that the total flight time in aircraft that I was taking the checkride in was 0.3 hrs.

March 1st, 2008, 20:14	#7
Proud Pilot Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 32	Re: Balancing experience vs. risk in flight schools When I was a student pilot, my CFI, who as the head CFI at our flight school, signed me off for solo aerobatic flights (Robin R-2160), solo night flying, repeat unsupervised solo cross countries both day and NIGHT. Even though I was still a student pilot, I would go up with him whenever the weather was bad to get as much actual IFR as possible in all seasons (ice, fog, thunderstorms). I wanted to see it for real before getting on at a regional. It was so cool going out on a solo flight in the R-2160, walking out to the flightline carrying my parachute! My private pilot checkride was taken in a CE-152 due to the Robin being down for mx. I didn't know that the Robin was down until showing up at the airport in the morning. My CFI informed me that I could reschedule in the Robin or if I wanted to still do the checkride the same day, I could get a quick checkout in a CE-152. I had never flown the CE-152 prior to my checkride, so we went up to do a couple of touch and goes in order for me to get comfortable with it. The examiner had a strange look on his face when he read on my certificate application that the total flight time in aircraft that I was taking the checkride in was 0.3 hrs.