721lp Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 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. Quote
GTWreck Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 Congrats! I hope to be joining you. I have a checkride in my 205 on Thursday morning. Quote
markeg1964 Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congratulations! I’m working on mine but have a long ways to go still. Quote
LFOD Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congratulations! Be careful getting the ticket wet. Quote
MooneyMitch Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Great news and very, very congratulations to you! We know the hard work and concentration you've put into this. Have fun! Quote
John Pleisse Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Dig in now and don't stop. You will never be sharper than now. Don't let it fade. Quote
John Pleisse Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Oh...congrats...you are no longer half a pilot!! Quote
mooneygirl Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 What wonderful news. I continue my work this weekend! Congrats and celebrate by flying your favorite approach! Quote
DaV8or Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Quote: N4352H Dig in now and don't stop. You will never be sharper than now. Don't let it fade. Quote
scottfromiowa Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Good job! This 1/2 pilot tips his hat to your accomplishment. Check that box on your "Bucket" list. Quote
Hank Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congratulations! Now you'll be able to get in & out of the mountains in the summer. Just dodge the thunderstorms. Since getting my IR last year, I've had to cancel far fewer flights. Stay current, practice regularly, and start getting wet a little at a time. Quote
mooneyman Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congratulations! It is a great accomplishment! Quote
fantom Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Excellent...current is one thing, competent is another...trust you'll use the new ticket and stay both! Quote
Seth Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 IFR Pilot - It's such a great feeling when you pass the checkride and the examiner endorses it in your logbook. If you do not have WX in the cockpit, get a portable or something that has weather - It's amazing how the IFR ticket opens up the sky for you. You can travel almost all the time (avoide t-storms, fog, icing, etc . . .) CONGRATULATIONS! Quote
skyking Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Let me add my CONGRATS to the list. Way to go. Quote
721lp Posted May 25, 2011 Author Report Posted May 25, 2011 Thanks for all the excellent advice guys.........I will certainly have higher minimums to begin with. And PRACTICE, PRACTICE. I intend to get an IPC EVERY 6 months whether I need it or not for a while. It truly is only a license to learn. As my C-17 pilot/son says.....prepare for those things NOT forecast and what you would do.....just in case. Quote
KLRDMD Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Quote: Seth It's such a great feeling when you pass the checkride and the examiner endorses it in your logbook. Quote
231Pilot Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congratulations Jimmy! I earned my instrument ticket in 721LP too. It is a good, stable IFR platform. Glad you are going to get full utilization of a great plane. Quote
VAndersen Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Congrats! I just got mine in February.....it was a lot of work, but very rewarding. I find myself filing all the time now whether it's IMC or not. It helps me stay up to speed in the system and it's nice to know somebody has your back providing seperation with other IFR traffic. Vincent N142EJ Quote
flyby201 Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 I second VAnderson's advice. File IFR for every cross country flight regardless of the weather and fly an approach on both ends. Easy and cheap way (you're flying to the destination anyway) to stay current. It's still good to get an IPC on a regular basis to make sure you don't pick up any bad habits. Quote
WardHolbrook Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 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. Quote
WardHolbrook Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Quote: KLRDMD The really weird thing is, at least with the SDL FSDO, the Inspector refuses to write a word in your logbook upon successful completion of a CFI ride. After all of these previous check rides with DPEs (private, instrument, commercial, multi commercial with instrument), then no signature from a FSDO Inspector for the initial instructor ride. Quote
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