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| Me and my instructor, Greg |
Last weekend I went in to take my Private Pilot check ride. I started early with the oral exam of the practical. Because this is my first check ride ever, I wasn't as nervous as I might be for the next ones, mainly because I didn't really know what to expect. I felt excited for different areas of operation. I feel confident in my knowledge of aircraft systems and cross country flight planning, but I wasn't too confident about the regs because there are so many and the quantity is daunting! If I fumbled through some areas, I powered through others and my confidence returned. When I checked the weather for our flight after the oral, it was clear that I should make a choice to discontinue the exam.
We finished today by completing the flight portion of the exam. To my surprise, it was probably the best flying I have ever done. Lately, I have felt like I can perform the maneuvers pretty well, but there seems to be one that gets away from me. But this flight was just pretty! Once we landed the examiner said that if I can taxi back to park the plane without any incident, then I am a private pilot.
It took me 57.70 hours.
