Me too!!!!

[Parker_Woodruff]

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When I questioned my Inspector he said "FSDO Inspectors don't write anything in logbooks." He was actually a great guy.

[fantom]

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[Parker_Woodruff]

Quote: fantom

...and he still passed you? Impressive!

 

[WardHolbrook]

Quote: Parker_Woodruff

it's a long story.  No, really - it is.

[Parker_Woodruff]

Quote: WardHolbrook

Hmmm... I'm guessing he passed him because he really didn't want to have to ride in Parker's Mooney a second time.

[N33GG]

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After about 5 months of hard work and study....I am also now an INSTRUMENT pilot. Feels so much better knowing I am a safer, more competent pilot. 

[N33GG]

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[Parker_Woodruff]

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[721lp]

Quote: WardHolbrook

Congratulations! That's a serious accomplishment. I'll make the same recommendation to you as I've made to all of my instrument students...

You now need to spend some quality time reading Weather Flying by Robert N Buck and Instrument Flying by Richard Taylor. [You can get them from about $6 each (used) on Amazon.] These two books will go a long way towards filling in the gaps in your training and help you learn how to use "the system" in the real world and how to actually fly weather. They are both excellent books and reading them cover to cover a few times would probably be worth a couple of hundred hours of actual instrument time - at least. Captain Buck outlines a step-by-step method to teach yourself how to fly weather. It's worth the investment of both your time and your money.

[Txbyker]

I am IFR too as of today.  I just wanted to say I found a great simulator for you guys working on IFR.  You many know about it already. I have Microsoft Flight Simulator X and you can download a Mooney 20J airplane to fly from www.carenado.com .  Carenado is top notch with customer service.  The Mooney is realistic and the speeds, manifold, prop, flaps, etc are right on.  Plug in your favorite local aiport approach on the Garmin and it flies very similar to the real thing.

Russ

[mooneygirl]

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[721lp]

I just got the new ticket in the mail today. It was really good to see it in formal FAA form. I did my first IFR flight a week ago, from AVL to RDU. Worked perfectly. The return trip in the PM led to a more southerly route south of CLT,because of building T' storms over GSO, but the controllers routed me between regional jets and  75's, and all the Airbuses. It took me about 15 minutes longer, but the wife was much more comfortable.

While my C-17 flying son was home this past weekend, we flew starting at dusk to CHA, He insisted on doing the VOR/DME 33 approach. Notams said that 33 was OS until the next day, but we requested circle to RW20. At first the lady controller said no, then after some querrying by my son as to why, she must have asked a supervisor, because he came back and approved it. I must say all the hard hours paid off. Everything worked as planned. Even the fuel was about $1.00 cheaper a gallon there. We returned under a beautiful broken layer of clouds with the moon peepin thru casting a pretty orange hue. Sorry about writing a "book" here, but it was an awsome exoerience including about 1 hour actual IFR. No doubt I'm abetter, safer pilot. Thanks to all the encouragement from you guys and some quality flight instructing at WNC Aviation, AVL.