Almost got My Ticket Yesterday

First, Congratulations on your accomplishments so far.
I'm sure that with a bit of work you'll do well next time.

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:22:09 -0500, "CareBear"
wrote:

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.....

You've lurked long enough to probably have a good idea as to who can
be believed about what. You just have to sort through the chaf at
times.


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.

Being able to accept what went wrong is a good point in itself. Few
are able to do that.

Hang in there,

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Thanks. I'm hoping to get in a bit of work Thursday.

--
CareBear

"Roger" wrote in message
...
First, Congratulations on your accomplishments so far.
I'm sure that with a bit of work you'll do well next time.

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:22:09 -0500, "CareBear"
wrote:

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.....

You've lurked long enough to probably have a good idea as to who can
be believed about what. You just have to sort through the chaf at
times.


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.

Being able to accept what went wrong is a good point in itself. Few
are able to do that.

Hang in there,

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

CareBear congrats on nailing all but a couple of rather minor
things! Getting 'dinged' on one or two things on a check ride
is not at all uncommon (I've had 5 check rides and its happened
to me on two of them) Despite all your hard work and effort it
only takes a tiny loss of concentration and a bit of nervousness
to blow a manuever ... and some PE's are more forgiving than others!

Practice a couple more slips and soft-field landings and you'll
be good to go! thanks for the post.

Planning on practicing both maneuvers Thursday.

--
CareBear

"kontiki" wrote in message
...
CareBear congrats on nailing all but a couple of rather minor
things! Getting 'dinged' on one or two things on a check ride
is not at all uncommon (I've had 5 check rides and its happened
to me on two of them) Despite all your hard work and effort it
only takes a tiny loss of concentration and a bit of nervousness
to blow a manuever ... and some PE's are more forgiving than others!

Practice a couple more slips and soft-field landings and you'll
be good to go! thanks for the post.

CareBear wrote:
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.


95% congratulations!! :-)

The slip is tough to master, it is a confidence thing. Putting the plane
into that flying profile can be daunting and a bit scary. I remember it
took me awhile but I finally got the hang of it when I had my instructor
teach a whole lesson of flying in a slip. We flew up and down route 2
in massachusetts (using the road as a centerline) for 2 hours doing
slips, climbing, slipping etc.

The big thing for me was learning to use the rudder, really use the
rudder. I still still screw it up on x-wind landings. It is almost like
you can't use enough rudder. You think you have enough, add more.

Good job on the other parts of the exam. Like most things, the anxiety
of the imagined scenario are worse than the reality of the scenario.
You'll get it for sure! Good luck.

KC

"Kevin Clarke" wrote in message
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CareBear wrote:
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.


95% congratulations!! :-)

The slip is tough to master, it is a confidence thing. Putting the plane
into that flying profile can be daunting and a bit scary. I remember it
took me awhile but I finally got the hang of it when I had my instructor
teach a whole lesson of flying in a slip. We flew up and down route 2 in
massachusetts (using the road as a centerline) for 2 hours doing slips,
climbing, slipping etc.

The big thing for me was learning to use the rudder, really use the
rudder. I still still screw it up on x-wind landings. It is almost like
you can't use enough rudder. You think you have enough, add more.

Good job on the other parts of the exam. Like most things, the anxiety of
the imagined scenario are worse than the reality of the scenario. You'll
get it for sure! Good luck.

KC

Thanks KC. I will definitely get the hang of it with a little more training
with my instructor.

CareBear

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:33:39 +0000, Kevin Clarke wrote:

The slip is tough to master, it is a confidence thing. Putting the plane
into that flying profile can be daunting and a bit scary.

I think that this is a personal thing. For me, slips were never other
than fun. But I guessed that there must be something to them when my
CFII, on one of our first flights together, asked (while we were high on
final) if I could slip.

Stalls were my pet "scary thing". I eventually went out with an
instructor (whom I thought I was checking out for my wife's lessons {8^)
that had me hold a stall for a while. Nothing bad occurred, which did a
lot to free me from those demons. And then there was the spin training...

If I had to guess, I'd say I liked slips because the plane is still doing
what I'm instructing it to do. Stalls, on the other hand, involve those
pesky laws of physics countermanding my instructions. I take that
personally laugh.

Congrats on the almost-pass, Bear. I'm sure you're but a quick lesson
away from the next step of studentdom.

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon wrote:
Congrats on the almost-pass, Bear. I'm sure you're but a quick lesson
away from the next step of studentdom.


I haven't quite figured out why people are offering congratulations on his
failure to pass a check ride. Is this political correctness run amuck?

It seems to me offering condolences is more appropriate. Maybe I'm just too
traditional.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:54:30 -0400, Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

Is this political correctness run amuck?

I think it's more like cheering on a runner in the midst of a race. Sure,
there's cheering at the end too.

If he'd decided to drop flying as a result, condolences would be
absolutely appropriate.

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:54:30 -0400, Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

Is this political correctness run amuck?

I think it's more like cheering on a runner in the midst of a race. Sure,
there's cheering at the end too.

If he'd decided to drop flying as a result, condolences would be
absolutely appropriate.

- Andrew


Andrew, thanks for the reply to Mortimer Turd, RN . There is always someone
who wants to be negative. If he couldn't say something positive, maybe he
should have just kept his mouth shut. Of course, his opinion does not
change what happened or how I feel. As a young man of 56, I still feel VERY
good about the outcome.

CareBear