AviationBanter - View Single Post - Instruement checkride...for real this time (long)

Jack Allison · February 26th 06, 06:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting

unicate wrote:
Thanks for posting your checkride story. I'm about to begin, and have
printed out your story to re-read when more of it will make sense to me!

Glad to hear that my experience can be of benefit to you. I've done the
same with other posts. I remember reading through all the checkride
posts from Gene Whitt's website before I took my PPL checkride.

Not having done the IA rating yet, it's a little daunting to hear
*everyone*, even those that have gone all the way to ATP, say the
instrument rating was the hardest one! Doesn't ANYONE say, "It was hard,
but not as bad as I anticipated" ???

Well, MarkH did already so there's one :-) To me, it wasn't daunting
hearing this but did help set my expectations a bit. As usual, study
and fly as much as you can. Always think of questions to ask your CFII.
Realize that there is absolutely no way to know it all but know where
to find the answers.

Congrats on deciding to pursue your instrument rating. It will be worth
it in the end. Post your progress too as I know many of us here would
enjoy reading the progress.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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