What a windy morning we had at KLZU yesterday. I arrived at 8 am and met with my instructor to review the performance charts, maintenance books and be ready for my check ride at 1:00 pm. It was freezing cold and the wind made things worse.
At 9:00 am we took off on N2088K to practice all the maneuvers. We landed and the DPE arrived a little later than 1:00 pm. He lives in Dublin, GA and flies his bonanza to do check rides in Georgia.
I aced my oral; we talked about systems (all of them), Critical Engine and PAST, Vmc, and he popped up some private pilot questions; Fred (the DPE) digs deeper into the subject until you don't know the answer but i believe he actually wants to teach you something. He is a very intelligent person but when you go up in the air you better maintain your altitude or he will yell at you. I did all my maneuvers within limits but at the end I didn't know if I passed or not. He looked pissed off. After we landed he just said: "secure the airplane, I'll see you inside"
When I got back to the office he just looked at me with a smile, but never said anything.. he congratulated me, and said that for the instrument rating he will want to see more precision on altitudes and headings and he also said "you have very good flying skills". He yelled at me like 50 times in the cockpit and at the end he tells me I have very good flying skills?
He then gave me two certificates two sign, one for him and one for me. I am so happy to be a multiengine private pilot now. So far I have logged 8.7 hours in the seminole and I am looking forward to the second stage of my career training...
The instrument rating.
My next flight is scheduled for Saturday; today I went back to work. It is supposed to be a late afternoon cross country and a night return home so It will be interesting and I'll try to get pictures of that.
Today is a milestone and I want to thank my girl for supporting me in this journey.
I don't have pictures today sorry.
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