Thanks for the feedback guys, but after a crappy day of flying today I
think I'm going to postpone. We went up yesterday to do steep turns
and partial panel unusual attitudes, which weren't bad. Today the
plan was to fly to Sussex (FWN) and Lincoln Park (N07) for GPS
approaches. But for some reason on the final approach course into
Sussex, I couldn't hold the CDI on the GPS because I never found a
good reference heading and I just watched it go side to side,
something which is unusual for me. I also botched all of my calls
over the CTAF. My instructor asked what the problem was and whether I
was scanning the CDI, at which point I said let's go back. I took off
the foogles and flew back visually, landed, and packed it in. On the
ground he asked what was wrong and I told him I was going to cancel
the checkride. He couldn't understand what went wrong as my flying
has been very consistent and good lately. Maybe it was the idea of
taking the checkride and possibly failing that has me distracted.
Maybe it's the idea of getting out there with the rating and flying by
myself. Oh well, I would probably stop altogether if I didn't care
about spending all the money with nothing to show.

Dave

(David B. Cole) wrote in message om...
On Saturday my instructor and I flew to Stewart International in
Newburg, NY for a few approaches. The plan was to fly out and do the
VOR -27 partial panel a couple of times, followed by an ILS. After
that we planned to fly to 4N1, Greenwood Lake, before returning to
CDW. Partial panel holding had been my one sticking point. We flew the
entire trip from CDW to the Kingston VOR, about 40 miles, partial
panel. After reaching Kingston I entered the procedure turn and flew
the approach. After reaching the MAP and flying the missed, my
instructor informed the controller that we would be flying to 4N1
instead of shooting any additional approaches.

His comment to me was that I couldn't have done a better job and
although I was exhausted, I was pleased. We flew to Greenwood Lake for
a VOR approach there before heading back to CDW for a LOC approach to
Rwy 22. Once we were back on the ground my instructor informed me that
he wanted me to call the examiner and schedule the checkride, which I
scheduled for May 17. Now I have to prepare for the oral, which I'm
not really worried about since I think I have a good grasp on this
stuff. Hopefully the 100 on the written will help. Now I just have to
make sure I don't make too many mistakes on the practical so that I
don't have to do it twice. Thanks everyone for all the support.

Cecil: I'll be thinking about you as I prepare.

Dave