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I'll start cutting the reservations down to 2 hours. If I book the reservation for 1.5 hours, I'll end up in the air for a half hour to 45 minutes.
Not really enough time to work much on slow flight and ground tracking maneuvers.

I've printed off the King school's syllabus, and will start taking the appropriate form with me and filling it out. It had the best format that I found so far online.

I booked 3 sessions next month, 3 hours each. Which will equate to about 6-7 hours in the air next month.

Mel wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:38 pm

oohrah wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:24 pm Congrats. But I have to tell you, 2-3 hours a month is not enough to retain training from lesson to lesson. You will spend time relearning doing that. I understand your, but also temper your expectations.

i completely agree. You need to fly at least 2-3 times a week.

I'm going to be flying 7 hours a day or more in March. I have 42 hours booked over two weeks. That's when I'll be expecting to move forward. But until I can get there, I want to keep familiarity with the basics. And I miss flying.

I'm afraid of picking up bad habits. My CFI here is a nice guy. He flies well, but he's not the best at instructing. He doesn't even follow the syllabus. So I'm going to start following the syllabus on my own, asking for specific things when I go in. If I don't progress, that's fine. but I don't want to regress too far.

Unrelated, Has anyone seen Sawdust lately? He hasn't logged on in here in about 7 months. Just checking to make sure he's ok.

AF-Odin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:42 am CONGRATS Clarionite!!!!!! Now get to work and practice your maneuvers trying to make them as precise as possible,

I have the ACS, and am going through it. My instructor really hasn't followed it, and makes it hard for me to figure out where we are and what's next. I'm going to have to start bringing it, and making him follow it as a syllabus from now on. As an instructor in other fields, I hate that I have to take that roll. But March will get here and I'll get some quality instruction. I should have my certification by April 2. Sooner if I can gain and retain some stuff here before heading out to that training. The guy who recommended it to me had 0 hours when he started, and 42 hours later (including his check ride) he had his PPL. I hope to have 15-20 hours heading into it. At this point, I'm not worried about the hour count, but about being competent. Being the competitive person I am, and being relatively intelligent I figured I could do it in 45-50 hours. Once I did my first slow flight, I decided I didn't care about hours.

Keith B wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:00 pm

clarionite wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:50 pm I passed the written yesterday. Now on to lots more flying.

Congrats! Now on to getting your hours and prepping for your check ride!

I have registered for an accelerated two weeks in NC in March. I've prepaid for 42 hours of flight and one on one work with the instructor. Another guy on a student pilot group I'm in on facebook went through it recently and couldn't speak highly enough about the equipment and the instructor. He'll schedule the check ride for the end of the second week. Between now and then, I'll take 2-3 flights a month. I don't care for the equipment here, and the CFI, he's a great guy and flys well. But he's not a good instructor. I'm worried about picking up bad habits, and wasting money not progressing. I'm more worried though about not retaining my familiarity with the plane and effectively starting from scratch. I hate wasting money, especially when it's 200 an hour.

MadMonkey wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:46 pm Good luck! After years of regretting that I haven't gotten my PPL when I was in a position to, I've finally decided to start working on it. Studying hard, then when I'm back in the USA work on medical then written then probably an accelerated flight training regimen.

Let me know when you're ready, I have a couple of resources for both, your written and the accelerated training.

I passed the written yesterday. Now on to lots more flying.

AF-Odin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:13 pm Good luck and don't over think. My own PP written was almost 50 years ago, but since then I have instructed several students prior (and after) taking it. The Designated Examiner will probably ask about areas you missed, but will also ask quite a few other questions. FAA has specific emphasis areas that the DE will also want to hit. Keys to the checkride are prepare, prepare, and prepare more. USE your checklist. The DE is not looking to fail anyone, but wants to make sure that you are a SAFE pilot and can handle the aircraft to the level of the standards for your rating.

Not in my signature as the is a gun board, not an aviation board, but the letters following my name on those boards are CFII, ASEL, AMEL

Again good luck and let us know how it went.

I plan on getting my AGI. After my ASEL and IFR.

Missed one in my practice test today that I almost emailed them about. It was about the type of VOR at an airport in the figure. There's an icon next to the name of the airport. it's a VORTAC symbol. But in the center of the circle the symbol is a VOR-DME symbol. So now I know to look at the symbol in the center.

LDP wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:56 am Speaking of airspace questions, do not fall for the multiple choice question which offers 0 correct answers. :D
Just guess what mistake the FAA made in that question and answer what seems close.
While 70 is sufficient to pass, you should not accept it personally. If you are struggling with a chapter, re-read it, discuss it, find other resources. Struggling with a chapter on the ground is one thing. Struggling with it up there when you're all by yourself and don't have an answer is completely different. Not like you can google it up there (once you're several thousand feet AGL, there is no cell reception).
And of course, don't sweat the actual exam. You get plenty of time and also an old-timey calculator. And an E6B. ;)

I struggled with some of the stuff in the books. And my instructor, well he sucked. He's a great guy. Great to grab a beer with, or grab a beer. But he's not instructor material. I took a two day ground school with Aviation Seminars. Everything that I struggled with was simple once explained correctly. They gave me some great test taking pointers, looking for what they're wanting based on specific words in the question. He also pointed out two questions that were just wrong on the test, because the figures they reference were updated (one dealt with the height of a lighted tower)

I also struggled with reading METARs. Quick 3 minute run through and now it's plain as day. I'm not sure why Weather Depiction charts worried me before, they're simple. And finding all the relevant data that's crammed in a sectional is pretty difficult, but now I'm better versed.

Airspace class limits I've got now. But I want to hammer that in my head so they're second nature.

I've scheduled my written exam for Wednesday. I took a Ground School class this weekend, and it really helped me grasp the concepts of those things I was struggling to understand from the books. On my practice tests I've taken over the past two days (4) I've never scored below mid 80's and those were almost entirely misreading the question. I only need a 70 to pass, but the higher my score is, the easier my check ride oral will be from what I've heard. They apparently add more content to the oral exam to verify you understand issues you failed on the written. So my goal is to get all my practice tests above 95 in the next two days. I've been doing my day job, a side contract (that funds the aviation addiction) and studying/classes so testing was rushed on my part. I'm going to slow myself down on the test and reread every question three times. Any other suggestions from those of you out there who've passed the PAR?