Wizard of Draws wrote
in news:BD03B4C6.14C0A%jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraw s.com:

...something other than IFR oral related material.
Since the weather was crappy yesterday and scrapped the
checkride, and today and tomorrow were forecast to be more
of the same, I drove to Andrews-Murphy, NC (KRHP) to get
the oral portion taken care of.

What better time to do an IFR checkride than when the weather is
IMC? Sadly, this is the way it is.

We talked for about 2 hours with most of the questions
coming out of the ASA exam guide. Practically page by page
until we started covering stuff that he wanted to ask about
in other ways. I was surprised more by what he didn't ask
me than by the questions he did. I memorized a lot of
details (freqs of localizers, NDBs & VORs, approach
category numbers, etc) that he barely touched on.

Memorizing this stuf is a waste of time. This is all printed on
the approach plates and charts for a reason. I have some
frequencies memorized, only because I use them daily.
Everything else I look up when I need it. I would have some
words with any examiner who expected me to have frequencies, etc
memorized.

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Regards,

Stan