Passed my PPL checkride...
 

After a 3 month journey i finally took my checkride and passed. Now onto the instrument course. I'd like to thank all you guys here on APC for all the advice you guys have given. I remember coming on here like a nobody in hopes of one day learning how to fly and now i'm done with a small part of it. So far i've paid for everything myself, no mommy daddy money, just hard earned cash that ive been saving......ZERO flying debt.....Im trying to keep it that way as long as I can while i work on my degree.

Congrats man, thats got to feel awsome! Cant wait till I get mine finished up.

If you get a minute, could you describe the test for me, thanks.

Well done & congrats. :cool:. Like the idea of zero debt.

Blue skies.


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Congrats! I remember getting my ppl....an awesome acheivement! Way to go with zero debt too!

Congrats! Definitely one of the biggest stepping stones that I was so happy to get through. Now for the clouds!

good job! thats the first and biggest step. Remember, you know how to fly now. The rest is just fine tuning

Congrats! Best feeling in the world!

What part of the test are you curious about...practical, written, oral??? I'd be more than happy to provide you with my two cents :)




Congratulations!!! Live it up! You're a pilot now!!! Woo-hoo! And no debt even! Time to celebrate!!!

Curious what did the PPL cost you. Start to finish. My son would like to get his and he lives in the New England area.......... Thanks

I was just wondering about the checkride, duration of the flight, maneuvers, do you explain everything you do? just things like that. If you want to pm me flying13 that be cool, not trying to hijack shane's thread lol.

Congrats again man!

Congratulations my friend...i went the college road... first flight to airline groundschool was 3 years and 364 days for me, so keep on truckin through..only you're about 50,000 steps in front of me with that no debt thing!

keep that up as long as you can, but don't let it slow you down!

Calm winds and blue skies.

I came in at 8 and the examiner had me plan out a cross country, then we went over all the planning and he started asking me about certificates, medicals, recency of experience, airspace, there were more but i think you get the picture. Then we went out and started preflighting and the whole time he was asking stuff about the plane like explain how stuff works, then we moved onto the flight, took off and started flying what i had planned, he asked me stuff like where are we, whats that road, etc. then he had me divert to another airport, do a ground speed check, then we diverted agian which brought us to the practice area.....Did MCA, PWR ON, PWR OFF stalls, S-turns, then he simulated an emergency (Engine out), i picked the field..went thru all the steps yada yada, then he was like take us back to the homefield, did a full stop short field landing and that was about it! altogether about 1.2 hrs.....Then ofcourse we went thru a de-brief and he passed me! Just study everything you've been taught.

......and for the person who was curious how much it all costed me, 1st it was a 141 school for Central Texas College, tuition was like 3300-3400. Its a really good program and very affordable.

I don't like the sound of naming roads. The are too many interstates around KBED, and it's difficult (for me) to keep them straight.

It wasnt so much giving the exact names, rather it was like he pointed at a road and asked if i could find it on the sectional....My guess is he wanted to know if i knew where i was on the sectional and not getting lost.....I dunno...it wasnt too hard....

thats exactly what he wanted to know, if you could plan a X-country and follow it by locating where you are in reference to the ground and your sectional..congrats on your ppl..your officially an aviator!

for planespotta~ locate the highways (which will be easier to spot) and most importantly which direction they're going that will help determine which ones they are.