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Checkride celebration
We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student
solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? |
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Robert Barker wrote:
We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? Testing the 8 hour bottle to throttle rule? Michelle |
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:46:19 GMT, Michelle P
wrote: Robert Barker wrote: We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? Testing the 8 hour bottle to throttle rule? Michelle Agreed. Belly up until you fall over. z |
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Large tribute to CFI.
"Robert Barker" wrote in message ... We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? |
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Robert Barker wrote:
We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? Well, my first checkride after I turned 21 was my multi. I celebrated by staying up all night, drinking way too much, and waking up wanting to fly, but realizing I wasn't legal yet. Not sure that's the best way. |
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"Emily" wrote in message
. .. Robert Barker wrote: We all know about the tradition of cutting off the shirttails when a student solos... What traditions are out there when a student passes his checkride? Well, my first checkride after I turned 21 was my multi. I celebrated by staying up all night, drinking way too much, and waking up wanting to fly, but realizing I wasn't legal yet. Not sure that's the best way. Thanks for all the great suggestions... As my personal minimums are 48 hours bottle to throttle, all my flying has made a large dent in my drinking. The local publican has noticed too! I'm flying from a company flying club. We're very lucky in that we have 2 great 172s (an SP and an R that has been re-engined/upgraded to basically an SP), and a Diamond DA-40 we picked up at the factory! The club's a little over a year old and I was the 1st student and first to solo though I think I'll be the 2nd to get the checkride. Needless to say, I helped iron out a bunch of the procedures! Our training materials are pretty good. We've already had about 6 private groundschools, 4 instrument ones, and a mess of G-1000 classes. I've taken it on myself to help out where I could since we're just getting started. I gave the club an overhead projector I had lying around and printed all the FAA plates off onto transparencies. Those have come in handy for classes. Makes stuff like learning performance and charting a lot easier... I also talked a local pilot shop into giving us some outdated charts and ADs to match for training. The other visual aids are pretty new. And we've had donations from lots of other members as well. I should be going for the checkride in a few weeks. My CFIs (I've flown with 5 different ones, so far but only 3 of them for more than one lesson). I had to shift from the first one about 12 hours in because his work schedule made it tough to get time. Been with the 2nd most of the time but have needed the 3rd to fill in a bit lately. They're all people I work with in some way or another (company flying club). A couple weeks ago, I managed to get my main CFI an hour in the ATG Javelin simulator in the way of thanks (ATG is on the other side of our field). She's also mentioned the need for new charts so I'll get a nice set with ADs to match. I guess I'll go for a round of drinks at the airport pub and while there give out some dinner coupons to the main 3... God knows they all earned it! I guess what I'm looking for is some club recognition, too. I'm now on the club board as the "marketing director". When I soloed, I bought a mini-172 to put on my desk. I used a label maker to change the tail number and put my solo date on the belly. I liked that enough that I bought a bunch more (they were cheap) and the CFIs thought it's a great idea and are handing them out to their solo students. Now, we also hand out pilot shop coupons and I'm working on a deal for something from the airport bar/resturaunt. I thought something at checkride would be good too... Wearing my marketing director hat, I'm thinking along these lines... Yes, the student should definitely do something for the CFI(s). But I thought it would be fun for the CFI to present the "no longer student" with a handle (we have a lot of ex-military types). We then give them a hat with the club logo embroidered on the front and their handle on the back. The club also presents the "no longer student" with a set of inexpensive wings. What do you think? |
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But I thought it would be fun for
the CFI to present the "no longer student" with We are always students. That should be emphasized. Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:52:19 GMT, Jose
wrote: But I thought it would be fun for the CFI to present the "no longer student" with We are always students. That should be emphasized. Yeah, but grad students have more interesting experiences. Don |
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:35:14 GMT, Don Tuite
wrote: Yeah, but grad students have more interesting experiences. Obviously it must be due to the fact that we have a more interesting instructor -- Darwin... |
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Thanks for all the great suggestions... As my personal minimums are 48
hours bottle to throttle, all my flying has made a large dent in my drinking. Two DAYS bottle to throttle? Are we talking about a beer here -- or a bender? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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