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Riddller

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WAHOO!!!

I'm DUN!!! Did my checkride first go this morning. I had some mistakes, like everyone does, but overall did great. They have checkride gouge books here with info on every instructor. It tells you what knowledge questions they like to ask, what kind of stuff they have you do during flight, what emergency procedures they run you through, etc... You just study those and glance through all the stuff you've been studying for the last 5-6 weeks and your good!! They tell you over and over again that there's no such thing as a perfect checkride. They expect you to make mistakes, but they also expect you to recognize them and do your best to fix them. Overall, it doesn't take very long and isn't a big deal, unless you make it one.

So, it's Wednesday and they're making me stick around until the weekend because I'm the class leader. The guy who finished yesterday got to leave today. That's fine, it's just more time for me to NOT have to look at OPRs and EPRs!! Plus, our solo party is Friday, and I'm grabbing another keg for it, YES!

I think I'm going to spend some time consolidating most of the "good to know before you get here" knowledge into one document and send it to Mr. Baseops. We'll see how that goes.

So I guess this is my last entry for this blog, I'm sure none of you will really care about my drive back home. If you're reading this and you haven't gotten your questions about IFS answered, feel free to PM me!!

Later all! Thank you, and goodnight...

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afcowboy

Where are getting your kegs from? Is there a place in Pueblo? I'll be there in about 2 weeks and that might be some good info.

Have you been taking trips on the weekends? Is there anything worth seeing if you do take a weekend trip?

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On checkrides, can you give me an example of what kind of Qs an IP might ask? Is it pretty much the standard stuff an FAA examiner would ask you on your private pilot checkride? BTW, Congratulations!

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Riddller
Where are getting your kegs from? Is there a place in Pueblo? I'll be there in about 2 weeks and that might be some good info.

Have you been taking trips on the weekends? Is there anything worth seeing if you do take a weekend trip?

I've tried a couple different places, and I like Loco Liquors down on 1st and Santa Fe. the other places had taps that didn't work so we had to keep going back to get new ones. Plus, Loco has a bunch of high-end beers in their kegs too, if you want to pay the extra.

As for the weekends, some people have gone whitewater rafting, people have brought their motorcycles and gone riding through the mountains, hiking, whatever!

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Riddller
On checkrides, can you give me an example of what kind of Qs an IP might ask? Is it pretty much the standard stuff an FAA examiner would ask you on your private pilot checkride? BTW, Congratulations!

Nothing you should worry about studying for now, they teach everything you need to know during academics.

I got asked stuff like "What are the 4 left-turning tendencies and how do they work?"

"What is that thing?" [pointing to something on the plane]

"What is max ramp weight?"

etc...

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AFCS_Actuator

Hey Riddler,

I made it home safe and sound. I got a fvcking speeding ticket in Amarillo! I got tag-teamed (sts) by a couple motorcycle cops. Oh well. How is everyone doing in 07-11? Did a certain LT who's last name starts with N pass his 89 ride?

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Riddller
Hey Riddler,

I made it home safe and sound. I got a fvcking speeding ticket in Amarillo! I got tag-teamed (sts) by a couple motorcycle cops. Oh well. How is everyone doing in 07-11? Did a certain LT who's last name starts with N pass his 89 ride?

Glad to hear you made it! ...speedy!! And no, he didn't make it through. And a certain asian guy who's name starts w/ K decided he didn't really want to be a pilot either, so he's taking off too. Keep in touch!! I'll be back at work Wednesday, so give me time to clear out my mailbox and send me an e-mail on global. Later!!

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smfry

Glad to hear you made it! ...speedy!! And no, he didn't make it through. And a certain asian guy who's name starts w/ K decided he didn't really want to be a pilot either, so he's taking off too. Keep in touch!! I'll be back at work Wednesday, so give me time to clear out my mailbox and send me an e-mail on global. Later!!

hey riddller. lots of good info in the blog. just wanted to say thanks for doing it. i'll be going to ifs next year. i'm good friends with a couple of guys from your class (guy who's last name starts with K and guy who's last name starts with C and ends in i). good luck with the rest of your flying.

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