Showing posts with label DCT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DCT. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 59 - A Pre-Checkride With Possibilities

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So I pre-flighted N8570F and got ready for today's lesson.  Wind was out of the West gusting at 290-320 around 13-20 knots. The problem ...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 58 - Now With Actual Spatial Disorientation

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So today clouds were kinda low and started getting lower as we flew. The examiner had announced the route we would take for the checkride, a...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Flying IFR - Not Exactly The Checkride

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So this morning, bright and early, I got up and did all the calculations -- by hand --for a pretend route of flight from KPTK to KMDW via th...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 57- Can You Hold Please?

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Yesterday, I did the remedial flight. I decided to really focus on keeping the altitude under control no matter what. I did the preflight fo...
Friday, June 24, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 56 - More Pre-Checkride Practice

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Wind out of the west, sky clear, nice and hot out, time to go flying. This time I actually got N8570F and did the preflight and we then were...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 55 - Pre-Checkride Practice, Now With Lotsa Holds

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Had N1689H this morning as they switched me to it form my much preferred N8570F (the plane I'm taking the checkride in) so it would a be...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 54 - The Pre-Checkride Checkride Checkride

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Yep, today I was up again.  Beautiful day, wind only 4 knots out of 300, beautiful sunny and nary a cloud in the sky and none anywhere that ...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2022

The Pre-Checkride Oral Exam

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So this morning I met up with Alec to go over the oral component of the IFR checkride as a prerequisite to taking the checkride. Went very w...
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Thursday, June 02, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 53 - The Pre-Checkride Checkride

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Time for the pre-checkride checkride. Went to DCT and found they had swapped out N8570F for N5337F yet again, so this would make it a bit mo...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 52 - Getting Rather Winded

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So today I was up with Rocky in N6288J. Downside - 6288J lacks a Garmin 430W but has the newer touchscreen one without a NAV 1 radio, so I g...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 51 - Approaching Acceptable Approaches

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Overall I'd say the practice on my own has paid off. Approaches today were considered to be very good by Rocky, now I just need to fix a...
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Friday, May 06, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 56 - Getting Better, Maybe?

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Finally I was flying N8570F again, and it agreed with me. Still had Rocky for this hop as the instructor. So today the conditions were still...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 55 - Double Drat

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Well I had high hopes for today.   I even had a plan.   I even did visualization and studied the plates I expected to use.  I even did some ...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 54 - Drat

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Well, for Lesson 54 someone moved me back to 88J with the touchscreen GPS. Not good, so I was able to get N1689H with the auto-moving seats,...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 53 - More Approaches

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Today's plan was of course, more approaches. Decided to do the Troy/KVLL to practice for the checkride as that tends to be the destinati...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 52 - Finally It Actually Went Well

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 Today winds were out of 110, so Runway 9R and 9L would be used at Pontiac. Rocky stated we would do the VOR 18 circle to 9 at Flint and the...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson 51 - The Turbulent Grind

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Weather conditions were hardly great for today. Low clouds and winds 15-30 out of 300. Snowing a tad as well. Clouds lifted a tad but we fil...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Probably Not Flying Today

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Yesterday a front moved in with winds gusting well over 45 kts.  Windy as all get out, trees whipping around etc.  Buddy of mine that is a l...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Flying IFR - Lesson Flying IFR - Lesson 50 - So, Does This Ever End?

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Lesson 50! FML.   Did not expect it to take this fargin' long and still no end in sight.  Beginning to consider packing it in and just s...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Flight Review Complete

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After the match, I grabbed a quick bite, and headed over to the airport. Met up with Alec and checked out N55EM for the flight review. Could...
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