Almost got My Ticket Yesterday

Congratulations on your achievement Care Bear, but you didn't have to stay
away from the group because of the "noise".
There are always a whole bevy of experienced aviation type folks around here
to wade into any questions you might have had along the way.
Don't let the actions of a few deter you from frequenting the newsgroup.
With Usenet you always get the bad with the good . The secret is to just
ignore the bad and enjoy the good :-))
Dudley Henriques

"CareBear" wrote in message
...
First of all I have not posted/asked any questions of RAP and RAS since
last November. With all of the bickering, baiting, and other issues, I
decided not to participate. Please don't misinterpret what I am saying.
I am not pointing fingers or complaining about anyone in particular since
several members of this group have been involved in degrading the groups.
These are just my opinions. So much for that.....

I had my checkride yesterday and it went rather well. I was not
successful in getting my ticket since I busted the forward slip to a
landing and soft field landing. Everything else was ok. I plan to
practice and complete the requirements for the slip and soft field landing
this week, thereby acquiring my ticket. My main problem with the slip was
not maintaining the centerline during the actual slip. I will not make
any excuses (the wind, nervousness, etc.). When it's all said and done,
it was on me to be successful.

Although I did not get the ticket, I still feel good about the overall
outcome. It's interesting in that I felt my weakest area would be the
oral but this went well. I did have a couple of slips (no pun intended)
during the oral but quickly regrouped and gave the correct response. The
oral lasted about 2.5 hours. After reviewing my flight plan, weight and
balance, etc. we (the DPE and myself) took to the air. I had to do quite
a number of things such as slow flight, steep turns, power on and power
off stalls. Finally it was time for the dreaded diversion! I was actually
pleased with myself with the outcome. The diversion was somewhat better
than I had anticipated, especially since I did not land but did a go
around. Once we returned to airport, we discussed the overall checkride.
Of course, this also included the "well you didn't do too good on the slip
and the soft field landing" conversation. But still, I was pleased with
what I had accomplished. Now I am really looking forward to finishing
this week, weather and DPE availability permitting.!!!!

BTW, the xc flight plan was from 3A1 (Cullman AL) to 7A0 (Greensboro AL)
and finally KMGM (Montgomery Dannelly Field).

Now, I will resume lurking.

--
CareBear

Dudley Henriques wrote:
Congratulations on your achievement Care Bear, but you didn't have to stay
away from the group because of the "noise".
There are always a whole bevy of experienced aviation type folks around here
to wade into any questions you might have had along the way.
Don't let the actions of a few deter you from frequenting the newsgroup.
With Usenet you always get the bad with the good . The secret is to just
ignore the bad and enjoy the good :-))

And that applies to a lot more than aviation.

Matt

You are right, Matt. It applies to life in general.

--
CareBear

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Congratulations on your achievement Care Bear, but you didn't have to
stay away from the group because of the "noise".
There are always a whole bevy of experienced aviation type folks around
here to wade into any questions you might have had along the way.
Don't let the actions of a few deter you from frequenting the newsgroup.
With Usenet you always get the bad with the good . The secret is to just
ignore the bad and enjoy the good :-))

And that applies to a lot more than aviation.

Matt

Dudley, I appreciate the complement. Actually, I didn't stay away but
lurked instead. I have to say that sometimes reading the various threads is
better than a good comedy

--
CareBear

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
news
Congratulations on your achievement Care Bear, but you didn't have to stay
away from the group because of the "noise".
There are always a whole bevy of experienced aviation type folks around
here to wade into any questions you might have had along the way.
Don't let the actions of a few deter you from frequenting the newsgroup.
With Usenet you always get the bad with the good . The secret is to just
ignore the bad and enjoy the good :-))
Dudley Henriques

"CareBear" wrote in message
...
First of all I have not posted/asked any questions of RAP and RAS since
last November. With all of the bickering, baiting, and other issues, I
decided not to participate. Please don't misinterpret what I am saying.
I am not pointing fingers or complaining about anyone in particular since
several members of this group have been involved in degrading the groups.
These are just my opinions. So much for that.....

I had my checkride yesterday and it went rather well. I was not
successful in getting my ticket since I busted the forward slip to a
landing and soft field landing. Everything else was ok. I plan to
practice and complete the requirements for the slip and soft field
landing this week, thereby acquiring my ticket. My main problem with the
slip was not maintaining the centerline during the actual slip. I will
not make any excuses (the wind, nervousness, etc.). When it's all said
and done, it was on me to be successful.

Although I did not get the ticket, I still feel good about the overall
outcome. It's interesting in that I felt my weakest area would be the
oral but this went well. I did have a couple of slips (no pun intended)
during the oral but quickly regrouped and gave the correct response. The
oral lasted about 2.5 hours. After reviewing my flight plan, weight and
balance, etc. we (the DPE and myself) took to the air. I had to do quite
a number of things such as slow flight, steep turns, power on and power
off stalls. Finally it was time for the dreaded diversion! I was
actually pleased with myself with the outcome. The diversion was
somewhat better than I had anticipated, especially since I did not land
but did a go around. Once we returned to airport, we discussed the
overall checkride. Of course, this also included the "well you didn't do
too good on the slip and the soft field landing" conversation. But
still, I was pleased with what I had accomplished. Now I am really
looking forward to finishing this week, weather and DPE availability
permitting.!!!!

BTW, the xc flight plan was from 3A1 (Cullman AL) to 7A0 (Greensboro AL)
and finally KMGM (Montgomery Dannelly Field).

Now, I will resume lurking.

--
CareBear

"CareBear" wrote in message
...
Dudley, I appreciate the complement. Actually, I didn't stay away but
lurked instead. I have to say that sometimes reading the various threads
is better than a good comedy

This is what I do also when things get hot on the groups. Sometimes I'll
just peruse through the threads just to see who's mad at whom that day. :-)
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote:
Congratulations on your achievement Care Bear, but you didn't have to stay
away from the group because of the "noise".

I second that. The only way to improve the signal to noise ratio is to
have more valuable posts, since the noise isn't going to go away.


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"Mark T. Dame" wrote in message
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I second that. The only way to improve the signal to noise ratio is to
have more valuable posts, since the noise isn't going to go away.

What noise?

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ahhhhhh... That's better......