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I have a good friend who is CFII that keeps his Tiger at HPN. If you need any currency or an instructor contact me. He is a good instructor. "G KRYSPIN" wrote in message ... I passed my instrument checkride on the first attempt, 9 YEARS after I began my instrument training. The training was interrupted by a move to NJ and a new job. The examiner was Wally Moran, a retired TWA captain with 18,000 hours in his logbook.My instructor and I flew from Westchester, NY (HPN) to Bridgeport, CT (BPT). On the way over I realized that my instructor left the 8710 and aircraft logbooks back at Westcherster! He dropped me off at BPT and flew back to HPN to reterive the 8710 and aircraft logbookswhile I did the oral. There were a few auestions about currency, charts, lost comm, and routes. Wally asked about the altitude I picked for the hypothetical flight from BPT to VSF. He asked about the safety of flying IFR...I talked about low IFR and icing.. He also stressed to not hesitate about declaring an emergency if you're in trouble. We talked about the Avianca flight that ran out of Jet-A and crashed in Long Island because the crew did not use the word "emergency" Wally . After 45 minutes we were done. By this time my instructor returned and I pointed out to Wally the annual, pitostatic, and transponder sign offs in the aircraft logs. Wally gave me my "clearance" and off we went. I tracked the airway for about 15 miles and then we diverted to OXC for the LOC and ILS 36. We did the unusual attitides without a problem. After the LOC Wally said "I'll accept that" and I did the ILS 36. Next were timed compass turns partial panel. Then Wally gave me holding instructions to hold west over the BPT VOR. I was confused because he said standard hold and my instrucrir always told me right or left turns. Anyhow, even though I made left turns, .I asked Wally about this and he said we would talk about it on the ground. Wally said that I stayed in the protected airspace and that was OK with him.We then did the BPT VOR 24 partial panel. When I was taxiing back to the ramp Wally said "congratulations--you're done!!! My instructor was waiting at the ramp and Wally gave him the "thumbs up". He said I did a very nice job on partial panel. (Thanks Isaac for all the practice) 1.8 hours had elapsed on on the hobbs. I thaen had a 45 minute conference call with my boss back at the ranch andthen we flew back to HPN! Now I need to say current and proficient Greg PP-ASEL-IA |
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