To give myself that extra little boost of confidence, I scheduled a simulated checkride (commonly known as a Phase Check) with a different CFI \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Gene Hudson. I ended up with mixed feelings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c more on that in a moment.<\/p>\n
I met Gene at his office at 9:00am, and after some small talk we got right into the oral. We spent a whopping 3 hours going over everything I might be asked. Loads of airspace and weather questions. I found I had problems explaining seemingly simple things like P-Factor, turbulence and temperature inversions. Other than that, I think I did respectably well, considering the real oral will probably only be half that long. When we finished, I felt very confident.<\/p>\n
Then we went flying.<\/p>\n
Everything started fine. Headed off on a cross country. Found first checkpoint. Estimated time. No problem. Broke it off and did an emergency procedure. Overshot the field a bit, but fine other than that. Hood work was fine. Stalls were fine. Turns around a point were bad. Steep turns were bad. Forgot clearing turns all day. Back to the airport for landings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c very discouraged at this point. First landing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c bounced. Second landing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c bounced. He asked for a short field landing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c bounced. No flap landing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c came in too high \u00e2\u20ac\u201c had to go around. Soft field takeoff \u00e2\u20ac\u201c fair at best. Soft field landing \u00e2\u20ac\u201c fair at best.<\/p>\n
Overall I was NOT happy with my performance, but it was a GREAT experience. He gave me some great tips (he is an EXCELLENT instructor), I learned a lot, and know what to expect and how intense to be the day of my checkride. Like I mentioned at the beginning of this report, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more confident or less confident, but one thing is for sure \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m better prepared than I was. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll spend Monday and\/or Tuesday practicing, and then give it my best. I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a safe pilot \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I just hope he agrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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