Passed Private Checkride !

FrankiegPilot · August 18th, 2007, 04:45

Hey everyone yesterday I passed my private checkride. A very long day let me tell you.
The oral was about 2 hours. Mainly because of a misunderstanding with the examiner and the mechanic. Not my fault but should of caught it. The rest of the oral was going good. The examiner got me on a systems question which I knew, but I didn't really have a full understanding about, or my answer didn't have as much detail as he would of liked. other than that, went good.
The flying portion went pretty good. Nailed all my maneuvers, one of my landings could of been a little bit better, but it was exceptable.
Got some debriefing on what I should improve on, overall passed.
One of the happiest days of my life. I'm very proud of myself and ready for the next challenge , IFR BABY!!!
Thanks to everyone who helped me out along the way with my training. Everything from e6b questions, to checkride prep. I really appreciate all the help I got from this site and will be more than happy to help out anyone else along the way. " Paying it Forward" is what it's all about.
Thanks folks and safe flying

Chewie von Nubbins · August 18th, 2007, 10:42

Congrats man. I am about 2 months ahead of you and I can tell you that the Private was quite a bit harder than the IR. Not that the IR is easy..by any means. But, now you have the tools that you need to learn how to fly the airplane. The IR is much more cut and dry and not quite as open to interpretation as the Private or Commercial...as far as being judged on the maneuvers. I just took my IR checkride last Tuesday. Make sure to know DPs like the back of your hand. 90% of your training will be flying the approach, and very little time will be paid to DPs. The DE that I had spent 90% of the oral on DPs and SIDs and 10% on the approach. The majority of the fatalities using the IFR system happen on the departure...because people focus so much more on the approach instead of the IFR departure.

Hope this helps, and good luck. And, don't get frustrated if learning to perfect the ILS is a very similar experience to learning how to land the airplane. Getting down the ILS was the hardest part of my training. Keep us informed, bro.

N826AW · August 18th, 2007, 12:26

Congrats! I hope you have the same success with the rest of your training!

PanJet · August 18th, 2007, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewie von Nubbins

...The DE that I had spent 90% of the oral on DPs and SIDs and 10% on the approach. The majority of the fatalities using the IFR system happen on the departure...because people focus so much more on the approach instead of the IFR departure....

This is true, although not all examiners focus so intently on DP's, but I as an instructor focus more on them than many do.

All that aside, congratulations on getting your private! Now get out there and have some fun with it! Take a trip, take a friend, just have fun, but be safe!

dc3flyer · August 18th, 2007, 15:12

Congrads!!!!!!!

FrankiegPilot · August 18th, 2007, 18:57

Hey thanks everyone, and thanks for the heads up on the IR. I'll be ready for it.

PGT · August 18th, 2007, 20:11

congrats!!

I got mine scheduled on Friday.

USMC-SGT · August 19th, 2007, 06:29

so you never told us what you did for the diversion....did you say hi to R.D the DPE for me? I know him well

Congrats

August 18th, 2007, 04:45	#1
FrankiegPilot Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego KCRQ Posts: 192	Passed Private Checkride ! Hey everyone yesterday I passed my private checkride. A very long day let me tell you. The oral was about 2 hours. Mainly because of a misunderstanding with the examiner and the mechanic. Not my fault but should of caught it. The rest of the oral was going good. The examiner got me on a systems question which I knew, but I didn't really have a full understanding about, or my answer didn't have as much detail as he would of liked. other than that, went good. The flying portion went pretty good. Nailed all my maneuvers, one of my landings could of been a little bit better, but it was exceptable. Got some debriefing on what I should improve on, overall passed. One of the happiest days of my life. I'm very proud of myself and ready for the next challenge , IFR BABY!!! Thanks to everyone who helped me out along the way with my training. Everything from e6b questions, to checkride prep. I really appreciate all the help I got from this site and will be more than happy to help out anyone else along the way. " Paying it Forward" is what it's all about. Thanks folks and safe flying __________________ FraNkIeG-pIlOt "The bird has learned his art...so thoroughly that its skill is not apparent to our sight. We only learn to appreciate it when we try to imitate it." - Wilbur Wright

August 18th, 2007, 10:42	#2
Chewie von Nubbins Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: KGKY Posts: 936	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! Congrats man. I am about 2 months ahead of you and I can tell you that the Private was quite a bit harder than the IR. Not that the IR is easy..by any means. But, now you have the tools that you need to learn how to fly the airplane. The IR is much more cut and dry and not quite as open to interpretation as the Private or Commercial...as far as being judged on the maneuvers. I just took my IR checkride last Tuesday. Make sure to know DPs like the back of your hand. 90% of your training will be flying the approach, and very little time will be paid to DPs. The DE that I had spent 90% of the oral on DPs and SIDs and 10% on the approach. The majority of the fatalities using the IFR system happen on the departure...because people focus so much more on the approach instead of the IFR departure. Hope this helps, and good luck. And, don't get frustrated if learning to perfect the ILS is a very similar experience to learning how to land the airplane. Getting down the ILS was the hardest part of my training. Keep us informed, bro. __________________ CFI, CFII, IGI

August 18th, 2007, 12:26	#3
N826AW Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mesa Oeste Posts: 1,412	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! Congrats! I hope you have the same success with the rest of your training! __________________ Matt - CMEL - 235TT

August 18th, 2007, 15:12	#5
dc3flyer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Everywhere Posts: 1,108	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! Congrads!!!!!!! __________________ Paid to wait.... Fly for fun!

August 18th, 2007, 18:57	#6
FrankiegPilot Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego KCRQ Posts: 192	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! Hey thanks everyone, and thanks for the heads up on the IR. I'll be ready for it. __________________ FraNkIeG-pIlOt "The bird has learned his art...so thoroughly that its skill is not apparent to our sight. We only learn to appreciate it when we try to imitate it." - Wilbur Wright

August 18th, 2007, 20:11	#7
PGT Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: DSM Posts: 2,950	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! congrats!! I got mine scheduled on Friday. __________________ PPL 55 hours TT

August 19th, 2007, 06:29	#8
USMC-SGT Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: East Posts: 1,018	Re: Passed Private Checkride ! so you never told us what you did for the diversion....did you say hi to R.D the DPE for me? I know him well Congrats __________________ .....i have two speeds, walk and kill

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