Met up tonight with Paul as my instructor.
Snow was coming down pretty good with low clouds so just as well that Kevin had arranged for it to be a simulator flight.
For relaxation time in Georgia, I had purchased and brought along and read the book Performance Pilot, a book mainly about the mental preparation game for flying with a heavy emphasis on chair flying and visualization. I had tried that out each night before going to sleep or before a nap, visualizing a perfect pre-flight; a perfect instrument scan; a perfect approach; a perfect checkride flight sequence, etc.
It may very well have helped.
I did very well in the simulator, about the best I've ever done, as sensitive as it is. Much more in control, with really good altitude and heading control even as sensitive as the simulator is.
First we did the Flint VOR 36 circle to 27 and I handled it well; then the Flint ILS 27, and the Flint RNAV 18. Then Pontiac's RNAV 9, and then off to Troy for the RNAV 9 circle to 27, and back to Pontiac for the RNAV 27L.
Didn't screw up any sequences, settings, etc, and was ahead of the game on each approach.
Did them all well, even nailed the landing on the Flint VOR 36 circle to 27 and had everything under control nicely.
Felt pretty good,
Just need final clearance from Kevin and I can book the actual checkride. We will see if I get it in time or not.
That's 1.9, 1.9 simulated instrument, 2 holds and 5 approaches
3 comments:
Glad things are progressing for you. A good ride always does wonders for your self-confidence. I haven't read that book, but it sounds much like what the pre-flight briefing we used before flying. Two hours long, we'd go into considerable detail on what we'd do, how we'd do it, how we'd handle problems etc. Sounds like you're on the right track.
^^^ This!
juvat: Thanks. I think the intensive visualization does help. Problem of course is that for the checkride (which may happen someday, maybe) is you don't know where the examiner wants you to go. You don't find out the route he wants and what you'll do until you end the oral and he then tells you the route when you get ready to walk out to the plane, and you may just get a surprise approach on top of that, which is hard to plan for and kinda contrary to the appropriate manner of planning an instrument flight beforehand, but that's what it is.
Old NFO: Indeed.
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