Passed 103

AngelFuree · May 2nd, 2006, 15:59

Not like anyone here should care, but I'll post more info about the flight later when I get back...
It was like a 2.1 hour flight 325/103, but I've got the commercial now (well...pretty much) so it's all good.

Dugie8 · May 2nd, 2006, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

Not like anyone here should care, but I'll post more info about the flight later when I get back...
It was like a 2.1 hour flight 325/103, but I've got the commercial now (well...pretty much) so it's all good.

Good job bud. 2.1! Holy crap, where did you guys go, Fargo?

JaceTheAce · May 2nd, 2006, 16:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

Not like anyone here should care, but I'll post more info about the flight later when I get back...
It was like a 2.1 hour flight 325/103, but I've got the commercial now (well...pretty much) so it's all good.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I gotta return your voicemail.

Screaming_Emu · May 2nd, 2006, 17:43

Congrats! But yeah, 2.1 is longer than my CFI oral was!

AngelFuree · May 2nd, 2006, 17:47

Thanks guys! Haha, nevermind, I guess it wasn't that long, I was going by the clock, time off and time back...I guess we might've left REAAAAAAL late then...'cause it was actually 1.7 flight and we came back maybe 20 minutes late. Launch time of 11:30 returned at 1:35...

Flight was done w/ Brian Willis, a real cool guy, probably one of the most laid back stage examiners ever, especially for a stage of this kind. He offered good advice at the post-briefing in a calm manner without making you feel like an ass, haha.

He failed my engine on the way to Practice Area M, at 6500, and had me restart it. I tried using the unfeathering accumulator checklist, but the thing wouldn't restart. I pitched down to increase the airspeed, lol, so much that even at 115-120 kts the thing wouldn't move...so ended up doing the starter assist checklist. (He told me in the post-briefing to not be scared of tapping the starter if need be, instead of pitching down to gain airspeed)
Then we did slow flight, steep turns, power off/power on stalls, VMC demo and then Engine Fire in flight emergency w/ steep descent, followed by two ugly approaches.

The approaches sucked dick 'cause I had no time to setup. By the time I was done w/ the VFR stuff, I was close to Lake Arcock, and then we headed south with the intentions of getting an ILS at the airbase. Unfortunately, some KC-135s were having fun today, and so we couldn't do the ILS there...well....here we are about 9nm from GFK, and my stage examiner decides to have me do a DME arc for the VOR 17 (thanks a lot!

) and here I am shuffling for the approach plate w/ approach giving me clearances, and me trying to turn back to get the 12DME, while doing my descent checklist and then giving an approach briefing....egh...sucked ass...but oh well...got that done, and came back for a single engine GPS 17, landed, short field takeoff, engine failure again on climb towards the pattern, normal landing, engine failure again on rollout, and then last one short field landing back to the ramp.

So....feels pretty good to be done....on to CFI w/ just a one and a half week break from flying egh....so much work....

Blue Side Up · May 2nd, 2006, 19:36

Congrats, wish i was done, i got 102 tomorrow. who did you have the oral with and how was that?

AngelFuree · May 2nd, 2006, 21:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Side Up

Congrats, wish i was done, i got 102 tomorrow. who did you have the oral with and how was that?

Thanks, as mentioned earlier, I had my stage w/ Brian Willis, cool guy for sure. For me to say a stage pilot is cool means a lot, lol....

UND_Flyer · May 2nd, 2006, 22:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

Flight was done w/ Brian Willis, a real cool guy, probably one of the most laid back stage examiners ever

Ha! BWIL. One heck of a singer, too!

But that's another story.....

edubs · May 2nd, 2006, 22:57

CONGRADULATIONS ANGEL!!!! Another reason to party this weekend!!!!

TheShocker · May 2nd, 2006, 23:18

Congrats Angel! Your stage guy does sound pretty cool. I have CAWR right now, my oral took 4.0hrs to get done with for 102 26. Intense!!! I messed up the flight though cause of extreme nervousness and lack of

! Did a bad soft field take off, he took over controls! I was like "Damn I failed!" He then handed me back the controls but I wasn't paying attention to radio calls after he took over control. Almost cut off a traffic on downwind while i tried to turn crosswind. Yeah that sealed it for me!

TXaviator · May 2nd, 2006, 23:45

passed the "second half" of my 102 / 26 oral today.

tim klawon... still not sure what to make of him. made me feel very stupid. i didnt feel like there was much constructive that came from the oral, just rattle off **** like a machine, dont say a word more than neccessary, dont try to explain, just give answers. was very unpleasant.

im wondering how the flight will go tommorrow :-\

CAFFEINE · May 3rd, 2006, 07:47

Angel: Congrats on your 103! And yeah, BWIL is one of the coolest, most fair stage check pilots I've ever had.

Jeremy: Good luck on your flight today, let us know how it goes.

Dj To Rule · May 3rd, 2006, 18:27

Screw you Angel, I hope you crash.

DORK

btw looking for the photo I found this site
http://www.macdyne.com/html/prosthetics/pros_main.html
nasty but cool

TXaviator · May 3rd, 2006, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAFFEINE

Angel: Congrats on your 103! And yeah, BWIL is one of the coolest, most fair stage check pilots I've ever had.

Jeremy: Good luck on your flight today, let us know how it goes.

WX'ed.

AngelFuree · May 4th, 2006, 00:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dj To Rule

btw looking for the photo I found this site
http://www.macdyne.com/html/prosthetics/pros_main.html
nasty but cool

Damnit, those things look real!

ZUKO · April 23rd, 2007, 16:49

Bump. I just got the same stage instructor for my stage 30.

Edit: Wow, I didnt notice this post was a year old!

May 2nd, 2006, 15:59	#1
AngelFuree Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: G-Forks, ND/ NYC Posts: 3,131	Passed 103 Not like anyone here should care, but I'll post more info about the flight later when I get back... It was like a 2.1 hour flight 325/103, but I've got the commercial now (well...pretty much) so it's all good.

May 2nd, 2006, 17:43	#4
Screaming_Emu Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,200	Re: Passed 103 Congrats! But yeah, 2.1 is longer than my CFI oral was! __________________ Commercial Pilot - ASEL, AMEL, Instrument CFI/II 880TT CRJ-700 FO at Southernjets Connection Former flight instructor out of KBWI and W29 Loves Dutch chicks "jtrain609: I wish I had a pair"

May 2nd, 2006, 17:47	#5
AngelFuree Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: G-Forks, ND/ NYC Posts: 3,131	Re: Passed 103 Thanks guys! Haha, nevermind, I guess it wasn't that long, I was going by the clock, time off and time back...I guess we might've left REAAAAAAL late then...'cause it was actually 1.7 flight and we came back maybe 20 minutes late. Launch time of 11:30 returned at 1:35... Flight was done w/ Brian Willis, a real cool guy, probably one of the most laid back stage examiners ever, especially for a stage of this kind. He offered good advice at the post-briefing in a calm manner without making you feel like an ass, haha. He failed my engine on the way to Practice Area M, at 6500, and had me restart it. I tried using the unfeathering accumulator checklist, but the thing wouldn't restart. I pitched down to increase the airspeed, lol, so much that even at 115-120 kts the thing wouldn't move...so ended up doing the starter assist checklist. (He told me in the post-briefing to not be scared of tapping the starter if need be, instead of pitching down to gain airspeed) Then we did slow flight, steep turns, power off/power on stalls, VMC demo and then Engine Fire in flight emergency w/ steep descent, followed by two ugly approaches. The approaches sucked dick 'cause I had no time to setup. By the time I was done w/ the VFR stuff, I was close to Lake Arcock, and then we headed south with the intentions of getting an ILS at the airbase. Unfortunately, some KC-135s were having fun today, and so we couldn't do the ILS there...well....here we are about 9nm from GFK, and my stage examiner decides to have me do a DME arc for the VOR 17 (thanks a lot! ) and here I am shuffling for the approach plate w/ approach giving me clearances, and me trying to turn back to get the 12DME, while doing my descent checklist and then giving an approach briefing....egh...sucked ass...but oh well...got that done, and came back for a single engine GPS 17, landed, short field takeoff, engine failure again on climb towards the pattern, normal landing, engine failure again on rollout, and then last one short field landing back to the ramp. So....feels pretty good to be done....on to CFI w/ just a one and a half week break from flying egh....so much work....

May 2nd, 2006, 19:36	#6
Blue Side Up Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Forks, ND or CO Posts: 169	Re: Passed 103 Congrats, wish i was done, i got 102 tomorrow. who did you have the oral with and how was that?

May 2nd, 2006, 22:57	#9
edubs Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 116	Re: Passed 103 CONGRADULATIONS ANGEL!!!! Another reason to party this weekend!!!!

May 2nd, 2006, 23:18	#10
TheShocker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Queens/Grand Forks Posts: 338	Re: Passed 103 Congrats Angel! Your stage guy does sound pretty cool. I have CAWR right now, my oral took 4.0hrs to get done with for 102 26. Intense!!! I messed up the flight though cause of extreme nervousness and lack of ! Did a bad soft field take off, he took over controls! I was like "Damn I failed!" He then handed me back the controls but I wasn't paying attention to radio calls after he took over control. Almost cut off a traffic on downwind while i tried to turn crosswind. Yeah that sealed it for me!

May 2nd, 2006, 23:45	#11
TXaviator Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX / Grand Forks, ND Posts: 2,101	Re: Passed 103 passed the "second half" of my 102 / 26 oral today. tim klawon... still not sure what to make of him. made me feel very stupid. i didnt feel like there was much constructive that came from the oral, just rattle off ** like a machine, dont say a word more than neccessary, dont try to explain, just give answers. was very unpleasant. im wondering how the flight will go tommorrow :-\ __________________ CPL AMEL-I** 187 TT / 25 ME ...and a pulse.

May 3rd, 2006, 07:47	#12
CAFFEINE Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, CA Posts: 652	Re: Passed 103 Angel: Congrats on your 103! And yeah, BWIL is one of the coolest, most fair stage check pilots I've ever had. Jeremy: Good luck on your flight today, let us know how it goes. __________________ Sleep is a poor substitute for coffee. Commercial Pilot ASMEL, IA CFI/CFII/MEI

May 3rd, 2006, 18:27	#13
Dj To Rule Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Forks, USA/Istanbul, Turkey/Girne, North Cyprus Posts: 550	Re: Passed 103 Screw you Angel, I hope you crash. DORK btw looking for the photo I found this site http://www.macdyne.com/html/prosthetics/pros_main.html nasty but cool __________________ Search of Sunrise, YES we are going to party till 12 in the NOON! Tiesto @ Myth MSP May 23rd was amazing

April 23rd, 2007, 16:49	#16
ZUKO Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 460	Re: Passed 103 Bump. I just got the same stage instructor for my stage 30. Edit: Wow, I didnt notice this post was a year old! __________________ I am a firm believer that a fulfilled life is a life lived goal to goal. TT 76.2 hours First Solo: 12/9/06 Private Pilot ASEL: 5/9/07

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