Flyler Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 Today was a big day for me! I passed the 3+ hour oral exam portion of the PPL test. Went out and preflighted, fired up the Piper only to watch the attitude indicator flopping around like a toddler on a temper tantrum. Logged .1hr on the Hobbs and shut it back down. Bummer. Rescheduled for the 17th. To be honest I feel way more confident about the flying skills than I did with the oral exam, so all in all I had a great day. Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to completely ignore the fact that I have a brandy new (to me) M20F waiting for me when I'm done?!?! I can only think about Piper Warrior and PPL, I don't have the mental capacity for both Also, Peggy Loeffler is a great DPE and from my short time with her, just seems like an all out awesome human being. Just thought I would share as its been a lot of buildup and anticipation to this point! 3 Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 Why don't you take your check in the Mooney? Quote
PeteMc Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 5 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said: Why don't you take your check in the Mooney? Bet his insurance company would love that. Though technically.... Although he may have limitations on his insurance that only a Certificated Pilot (including himself as owner) may fly the plane and no instruction. But if I remember correctly, you ARE a Private Pilot when you take your Checkride, assuming you don't fail. And the DPE is NOT instructing. Quote
Flyler Posted August 1 Author Report Posted August 1 Not sure if I could do that in a complex? At any rate, I have many hours in the same Piper Warrior II and would prefer to just "go with what I know." Then it's right into Mooney transition training and IFR! Also, the Mooney is very new to me and at the shop for a checkup 3 Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 So, is an AI required for the private checkride. I do seem to recall that I had to do simple things under the hood. That was only 45 years ago... Quote
Flyler Posted August 1 Author Report Posted August 1 6 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said: So, is an AI required for the private checkride. I do seem to recall that I had to do simple things under the hood. That was only 45 years ago... We were talking about that before we shut down. It isn't required VFR equipment but there is some time required under the hood, and that's an instrument that would really be useful. So it did seem like it would be a test requirement, or at least it would put me at some disadvantage not having it. Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 15 minutes ago, Flyler said: We were talking about that before we shut down. It isn't required VFR equipment but there is some time required under the hood, and that's an instrument that would really be useful. So it did seem like it would be a test requirement, or at least it would put me at some disadvantage not having it. No time like the present to learn partial panel! 1 Quote
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