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Haha, finally got my long-distance cross country done yesterday, CYBW-CFN7-CYRM-CYPE-CYBW. 7.8 hours total (I got the bill this morning. Sad!) and it all went pretty well. Had to fight turbulence and a nasty headwind pretty much the whole way there, but the ride back was nice and calm by comparison and the clouds lifted so I didn't have to worry about that. All in all, quite fun. Turns out the seventh time was the charm!
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My flight school picked up a new (to us) C172 yesterday, and we still don't have a loving twin, after 8 months, because there's "no money." I'm going to finish off my CPL and switch schools because this one is obviously run by idiots. My primary instructor is leaving at the end of June anyway, so I'd be doing multi-IFR and/or instructor rating with someone else already. EDIT: The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am. You're not only loving over all the CPL students, who basically need Group I IFR to get a job, but you're also loving over all the instructors, who don't get any twin time whatsoever, making it harder for them to get their next job. Yeah, the perfect deal might not be coming along on exactly the Twin Comanche you want, but just eat some poo poo and get a serviceable twin. Or get a 182 for renters who want something faster than a 172 without jumping all the way to the Cirrus (which has also been conspicuous in its absence lately, I've noticed). Or get a nice, modern 172 with a G1000, so you can teach people how to fly with more modern avionics. Or get a Citabria to replace the one a student wrote off with a ground loop last year, since people have been asking about tailwheel training. Pretty much anything would've been better than another 172N. PT6A fucked around with this message at 22:16 on May 5, 2017 |
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May 5, 2017 18:17
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Nuggan posted:Passed my ppl check ride this morning. I'm a pilot, goons. Congratulations!
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May 11, 2017 20:06
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Don't you need 50 hours PIC cross-country for an instrument rating (or is that just in Canada)? Work on that, then do your instrument rating. I guess you could do all the training, complete the flight test, and then build hours, but... why?
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May 11, 2017 22:44
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Rolo posted:Most of your instrument training will/should be Right, but is any of that PIC? I'll be honest, I haven't looked into it much here, but my understanding is that the instrument syllabus has no PIC time. I'm looking to go right into my MIFR rating right after I get my CPL*, but I've been basing everything on the assumption I'll basically need the 50 PIC XC before I start. If I fill out the rest of my PIC requirements for the CPL with cross country time I should be close, and I'm going to try and do some/all of it at night (easier said than done when night is 9:30PM to 5:30AM right now). * Might end up going for the instructor rating first, though. Some people recommend that first, others say I should finish off the MIFR first -- and that's what I'm leaning towards, just so I have more experience and I can offer a better perspective to any students I instruct. And, for what it's worth, the more I think about it the more I actually want to instruct, rather than just doing it as a way to build time. We'll see how long that lasts once I start instructing, of course 
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May 12, 2017 01:50
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I saw an RCMP PC-12 yesterday at my airport. It's a nice looking plane and I'd like to fly one some day. It seems like flying for the RCMP would be a pretty cool gig -- I don't imagine you'd get bored often.
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May 12, 2017 16:06
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fordan posted:The FAA lets those of us down here log PIC time anytime we are the sole manipulator of the controls for an aircraft in which we are rated, even if not acting as actual PIC. In IMC receiving training? log PIC. No medical, no current flight review getting refresher training? log PIC. Oh yeah, it doesn't work that way in Canada as far as I know (or I'd have a lot more PIC time).
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May 13, 2017 14:45
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Welp, the club just got a brand new Seneca II! Apparently it's super low time and was owned by a private owner, too. Looks beautiful, can't wait to finish up my commercial license and get started on being able to fly it.
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May 16, 2017 19:45
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EvilJoven posted:Back in the saddle as of last night. Aside from bringing down the nose too fast on a simulated soft field I didn't do anything to cause my instructor or I any concern. I'll be flying several times a week to get myself back up to flight test standard. Don't you need the written in order to be admitted to the flight test? Or is that just for the CPL? I've got my flight test Sunday. I feel good about most things, but I wish I were better (or at least more consistent) at power-off 180s. EDIT: Went out early af today and nailed a whole bunch of power-off 180s. I'm ready for tomorrow. PT6A fucked around with this message at 17:10 on May 20, 2017 |
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May 19, 2017 22:30
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Apart from one single occasion out of... thirty or forty, my problem has always been being too high, never too low. Which is a much better problem to have, to be sure, but it'll still be an issue if I land long on the flight test.
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May 21, 2017 11:48
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loving winds... Oh well, the ground portion went well and we'll try to get off the ground for the flying portion of the flight test tomorrow afternoon.
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May 21, 2017 17:39
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Well, I still need ~23 PIC before you can update the OP's list, but I passed my commercial flight test! gently caress yeah!
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Nuggan posted:Congratulations! Thanks! It was... not amazing. There was part of me that was wondering throughout the flight test if I'd actually failed an item or two. But apparently I got a reasonably high pass. I ain't gonna argue with it, but I was pleasantly surprised when we landed and the examiner said I'd passed. Oh well, always new mistakes and poo poo to fix on the next flight... the day I think I've done everything perfectly and have nothing to improve on is the day I stop flying, because that's not a safe attitude.
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