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IFR checkride in IMC: PASSED!
When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner tracked my course on his handheld GPS. I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral telling me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm not in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for my logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my eyes. Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished! -gatt Portland, OR |
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Well, Santa Claus came early this year. :-)
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Well, Santa Claus came early this year. :-)
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not many examiners I know of would go up in real IFR for a checkride with
someone they did not know... good job.. BT "gatt" wrote in message ... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner tracked my course on his handheld GPS. I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral telling me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm not in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for my logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my eyes. Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished! -gatt Portland, OR |
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not many examiners I know of would go up in real IFR for a checkride with
someone they did not know... good job.. BT "gatt" wrote in message ... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner tracked my course on his handheld GPS. I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral telling me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm not in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for my logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my eyes. Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished! -gatt Portland, OR |
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gatt: Big congrats and a well done.You must have used
up all your allotment of patience and sweat for an entire year. :-) Best of luck Bob Barker PPASEL N8749S "gatt" wrote in message ... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner tracked my course on his handheld GPS. I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral telling me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm not in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for my logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my eyes. Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished! -gatt Portland, OR |
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gatt: Big congrats and a well done.You must have used
up all your allotment of patience and sweat for an entire year. :-) Best of luck Bob Barker PPASEL N8749S "gatt" wrote in message ... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner tracked my course on his handheld GPS. I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral telling me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm not in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for my logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my eyes. Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished! -gatt Portland, OR |
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"gatt" wrote in message
... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." I thought the same. And congratulations! First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. I had a similar experience approaching my hold. The examiner, bless him, murmured "outside temp is 34" and I told ATC "Unable, icing". They immediately gave me a lower altitude. I think I had the same experience as you: being able to keep my cool with layers, icing, and an unexpectedly OTS VOR, helped compensate for, umm, pushing the envelope of the PTS. Now go fly some more clouds! -- David Brooks |
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"gatt" wrote in message
... When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." I thought the same. And congratulations! First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said "No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather. I had a similar experience approaching my hold. The examiner, bless him, murmured "outside temp is 34" and I told ATC "Unable, icing". They immediately gave me a lower altitude. I think I had the same experience as you: being able to keep my cool with layers, icing, and an unexpectedly OTS VOR, helped compensate for, umm, pushing the envelope of the PTS. Now go fly some more clouds! -- David Brooks |
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gatt wrote: When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm probably not qualified for the IFR rating." I like that sentiment a lot better than some of the others I've seen recently. If you can't fly in IMC right after 40 hours of training you are going to be in trouble when you are barely managing to keep current! instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at 6,000. [...] Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next clearance at 2030Z. Hey, if you could hold for 20 minutes over BTG in actual without busting PTS standards you deserve the rating just for that. Every hold I've flown there involved large pitch changes on each leg to adjust to the gorge winds blowing over the hill the VOR is on. Interesting that your examiner went up in actual. The guy my CFII likes now doesn't stay instrument current, so in actual he requires that the CFII ride along for the practical test. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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