Shoud Have My Instrument Written Endorsement Tomarrow

Well, after a lot of self studding I should have my instrument written
endorsement tomorrow I think I will take the test on Monday to kick off the
new year on a good note then off to work on the commercial written its time
to get them done and over with. My airplane is ready to start my instrument
lessons, kinda weird that in operating costs my airplane is cheaper than a
simulator at the FBO.


Thanks
Steven Rhine
PP-ASEL

Well, after a lot of self studding

That must have hurt.

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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Well, after a lot of self studding I should have my instrument written
endorsement tomorrow I think I will take the test on Monday to kick off
the
new year on a good note

Assuming you pass the checkride, of course.

then off to work on the commercial written its time
to get them done and over with. My airplane is ready to start my
instrument
lessons, kinda weird that in operating costs my airplane is cheaper than a
simulator at the FBO.

You are, of course, counting your entire amortized operating expenses, not
just the direct hourly expenses? I'll assume you are, but if not you
haven't even compared apples to apples.

Even if so, the airplane isn't cheaper when you count in all the time you
spend flying your airport TO an approach. The beauty of a simulator is that
you simply set the airplane where it needs to be, without all that boring
enroute stuff. You can also program conditions that would be unsafe to
practice in a real airplane. Plus, when's the last time your instructor was
able to bring your airplane to a halt mid-air and review some important
information regarding the maneuver or approach or whatever it was you were
practicing at the time?

The first point alone justifies the hourly cost, the other points are just
gravy. And of course, as the simulated airplane gets bigger and more
complex, hourly operating expenses climb faster than do those for a
simulator. For the largest aircraft, the simulator is significantly
cheaper, even just for hourly costs.

Pete

John T wrote:

Well, after a lot of self studding

That must have hurt.

Somebody told him to go f himself, and he took 'em seriously. :-)

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:39:16 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



John T wrote:

Well, after a lot of self studding

That must have hurt.

Somebody told him to go f himself, and he took 'em seriously. :-)

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.


That's about the funniest thing I've read in a week!

z

"zatatime" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:39:16 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



John T wrote:

Well, after a lot of self studding

That must have hurt.

Somebody told him to go f himself, and he took 'em seriously. :-)

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble
enterprise.


That's about the funniest thing I've read in a week!

z
Almost put me into hysterics,good thing I was not drinking coffee. :-)

Bob Barker N8749S

Robert A. Barker wrote:

Almost put me into hysterics,good thing I was not drinking coffee. :-)

Bob Barker N8749S


I have a feeling there are several keyboards out there that now have
some (more) sticky keys :-) I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything either
Bob or I would have been prying keys off and drying things out.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"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

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Another interesting point is that many private aircraft don't stand up
to being thrashed daily as a trainer... I have noticed in the past that
PIC has mentioned that a significant percentage of private owners who
do the 10 day instrument course have to rent a plane to finish the
course as their personal airplane didn't make it to the finish line...
denny

"Denny" wrote in message
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Another interesting point is that many private aircraft don't stand up
to being thrashed daily as a trainer... I have noticed in the past that
PIC has mentioned that a significant percentage of private owners who
do the 10 day instrument course have to rent a plane to finish the
course as their personal airplane didn't make it to the finish line...
denny


I don't know my 150 seems to be in better condition then some of the 150's
at the local FBO.

Denny wrote:

Another interesting point is that many private aircraft don't stand up
to being thrashed daily as a trainer... I have noticed in the past that
PIC has mentioned that a significant percentage of private owners who
do the 10 day instrument course have to rent a plane to finish the
course as their personal airplane didn't make it to the finish line...

I find this confusing, since most of the trainers I've seen have been at the
cheaper end of those that would be privately owned (ie. 152s, 172s, etc.).
More to the point, these are basic 172s or 152s or such, and have not been
"beefed up" for training.

- Andrew