On 03/01/07 17:50, Kevin Clarke wrote:
Whew. Well that was a grind.

After 17 mos of training I took the check ride today. It got scrubbed a
couple of time because of weather, winds once, snow once. The day
started with a flight from KFIT down to KSFZ to meet the examiner.
Beautiful flight 24 minutes or so down to Rhode Island. Winds today were
light on the surface roughly 300@20 at 3000.

The check ride consists of 2 parts, the oral exam and the actual ride.

The oral part last about an hour. The examiner did a great job building
the scenario up as a planning exercise. Questions like what does the
pilot have to do to be current (6+1 in 6 ...), what does the plane have
to do to be able to fly VFR (xpdr check in preceding 24 mos, VOR check
...).

Is a check of the VOR required for VFR flight? ;-)

I think you probably meant IFR...

Great story. It sounds like you're DE really put you through your paces.
I wish mine had; My check ride was quite a let-down. I passed, but didn't
feel like I showed the DE that I was capable. Oh well, shortly after that
I got an IPC from another CFII and felt a lot better.

Great job. Just don't let that rating get rusty. Get out there and use it!


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA