On 2009-04-14, Dallas wrote:

What's the bi-annual flight review all about?

I haven't been through one yet.. how tough are they? Is this like a
mini-practical test with stalls, engine outs and a tough verbal exam etc..

It can be whatever you and the instructor want to make of it.

If I have to do a BFR (I did one in March) if possible I want to do
something new, and things I've not done in a while. For example, in my
last one, I did it in a rather nice late model A36 Bonanza with a flight
director and a rather good autopilot, complete with things like altitude
preselect (about the only thing it seemed to lack was autothrottle!) My
own aircraft is an ancient VFR day only type, so I have little
opportunity to learn about this stuff for real. Also, the Bonanza is
just a touch faster than what I usually fly, so I could use the BFR to
see if I could still think at "170 knots" rather than the 90 knots I was
more used to.

Aside from finding out how the flight director works in the real world,
we also did some typical airwork type exercises.

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