"Andy Lutz" wrote

This sounds a bit overwhelming. I am only 9 hours into my training but is
this what I might expect to see in a VFR PPL checkride? I know I have lots
to learn and get comfortable with, including navigation and flight
planning, what does a DE want to see in this arena? I'll look at the PTS,
but you scared me.

What does a typical checkride look like?

Whoa, big fella!

You are getting way ahead of yourself.

Are you a reasonably intelligent person? Do you have a determination to
take on this thing called flying, and achieve it?

If you answered yes, then don't worry about what happens on the check ride.
You have a person that is as interested as you are, in seeing you get your
private ticket. He is called your instructor. DE's want you to get it too,
as long as the DE is not one of those people with a goal of making you look
foolish, and your instructor will not send you to one of them.

Take one step at a time. When you master one skill, you build on it, and
then learn a new skill and master it.

It is like eating. You can't shove a whole meal in your mouth at one time.
You eat a big feast -one bite- at a time.

Take a deep breath. Stand back and look at what you have learned, and
relax, and enjoy the new experiences, and the challenges of learning new
skills.

You can, and will do it, if you stick with it.
--
Jim in NC