More instrument training and written tests.

Saturday, Feb 4th 2012
So the plan was to fly 2 hours practicing approaches. I was scheduled to arrive at 9:00 am. The weather was very close to minimums so it was very likely that no flight was going to be held today. So my instructor and I decided that we should do some sim work and practice the approaches for our next long XC flight which will be KPDK-KCRG-KSGJ-KDAB and back.. I am so looking forward to that flight, It is a requirement for the Commercial License

61.139(b)(4)(i)
One cross country flight of not less than 300nm total distance with landings at a minimum of 3 points, 1 of which is a straight line distance of at least 250nm from the original departure point.

 On the sim we did a VOR, RNAV and ILS approach to these airports..  after we were done I went into the study room at ATP to study for the written.
Another new is that my instructor got the job at Expressjet! I am very happy for him, he starts in mid March, I'm not sure If I'll be able to finish up my instrument rating before he leaves, I hope I do.  
After 2 hours of studying I went outside to take a break, the clouds were breaking up so we decided to fly. While I preflight N23PE the instructor was deciding on what we were going to do.. we departed at 2:00 pm towards Greensboro, GA (3J7)for a GPS approach to runway 7. This time I managed most of the radio communications. PDK is a beehive airport, with a lot of traffic and a complex diagrams with 4 runways and a bunch of taxiways and different procedures than a normal towered airport. It gets confusing but I was able to get my clearance, taxi instructions and takeoff clearance without any problems.
This flight had some parts with clouds, It is awesome to fly under IMC. I did the approach without any problems and then we went back to PDK for an ILS to 20L. Instructor shut off the engine and I managed it very well.
Sunday Feb 5th
Super Bowl Sunday. Patriots VS Giants.
I stopped by Dunkin Donuts today to get some treats to the people at school. I was not sure If I was ready to take the instrument written test today.  I did a mock test on my Ipad and got a 92% so I decided to take the test so I could get that out of the way.
It took me a little bit more than 2 hours. It wasn't easy. I got an 87 which I feel pretty happy with. Then I took the CFII written also; it is pretty much the same question bank so I decided to do it as well and scored an 84. I feel relaxed now that those are out of the way now. On Tuesday we have scheduled our almost 7 hour flight to Daytona and back. That is going to be awesome!
For now, we are going to our Colombian friend's house to watch the Super Bowl and celebrate!!

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