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November 27th, 2006, 23:30
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#1 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA
Posts: 1,688
|  Nothing can stop me!
Woo hoo! I finally did it. Passed my multi commercial add-on this afternoon. The weather sucked all across the upper midwest today, but that didn't stop me. I found an examiner in clear air almost 300 nautical miles away from home and flew the Aztec over to him, in southern Illinois.
Everything went great...I really nailed it. Here's the full details, posted in Checkride Central: http://forums.jetcareers.com/showthr...525#post476525 | 
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November 27th, 2006, 23:31
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#2 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: KIDP/KCNU
Posts: 2,988
| Re: Nothing can stop me!
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Originally Posted by jrh  Woo hoo! I finally did it. The weather sucked all across the upper midwest today, but that didn't stop me. I found an examiner in clear air almost 300 nautical miles away from home and flew the Aztec over to him, in southern Illinois.
Everything went great...I really nailed it. Here's the full details, posted in Checkride Central: http://forums.jetcareers.com/showthr...525#post476525 | 
Good job man. | 
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November 27th, 2006, 23:42
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 444
| Re: Nothing can stop me!
That is awesome! Another rating under your belt. Congrats! 
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November 27th, 2006, 23:58
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#4 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Eden Prairie, MN (KFCM) (KMSP)
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| Re: Nothing can stop me!
Congrats on the ride! Where in MN were you going totake the ride and with whom if I may ask....
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November 28th, 2006, 00:02
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#5 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA
Posts: 1,688
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Originally Posted by JEP Congrats on the ride! Where in MN were you going totake the ride and with whom if I may ask.... | Maple Lake (KMGG), Bill Mavencamp
I heard he's given more checkrides than any other examiner in the country. Truth or urban legend, I don't know, but he's supposed to be really good. | |
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November 28th, 2006, 00:28
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#6 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CFI / CFII in PA
Posts: 2,439
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congradulations.
btw, chuck norris could have stopped you, but out of his generousity, he did not. | |
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November 28th, 2006, 00:29
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#7 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Eden Prairie, MN (KFCM) (KMSP)
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Originally Posted by jrh Maple Lake (KMGG), Bill Mavencamp
I heard he's given more checkrides than any other examiner in the country. Truth or urban legend, I don't know, but he's supposed to be really good. | Ahh, landed there once or twice. Nice uncontrolled field. Just a short hop from where I did my training at KFCM.
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November 28th, 2006, 08:55
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St Pete, FL(KPIE, KSPG)
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Wow now that is someone who is motivated. How hard was the test?
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November 28th, 2006, 10:08
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#9 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA
Posts: 1,688
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Originally Posted by flyguy969 Wow now that is someone who is motivated. How hard was the test? | In my opinion, not very hard. In fact, now that I think about it, it was probably the easyist (sp?) checkride I've taken. After it was over, I felt like I had really nailed it, flown really well and handled everything just like I should have.
But I'm sort of taking this at a different point in my flying career compared to most people. A lot of people do this ride in the 200-300 hour window of their training. I'm up at 950 TT now. I've been fortunate enough to fly in all different parts of the country, instruct a lot, take checkrides from five different examiners, etc. Those things all helped to give me a broader view of flying in general. I was very relaxed and confident going in to this ride. More so than any other checkride I've taken, I'd say.
So on this ride, it was a combination of my own mental mindset, my instructor's good training, and a nice examiner that made everything go smoothly. | |
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November 28th, 2006, 10:11
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#10 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Manchester, CT
Posts: 5,269
| Re: Nothing can stop me!
Excellent job!
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November 28th, 2006, 16:29
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#11 | | Old Skool
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia is for Lovers, Boca Raton on the weekends
Posts: 1,723
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Nice job man. The ME certificate surely makes it feel like you're flying a real airplane now. I remember my ride, and like you said, I thought it was a piece of cake. | |
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