October 8, 200322 yr Sorry for floating my boat, but it has been a long and expensive journey while in law school.....Looking forward to CFI I think...need a weekend to think about it...Good Luck Flying everyone!Christopher
October 9, 200322 yr Congrats! That's always a big step, and a good feeling of accomplishment. CFI is definitely tough, but well worth it. :) I'm just finishing CFII, and preparing for a single engine add-on. I got my initial in a twin. Know the FOI's found in the Aviation Instructor's Handbook. These will be of prime importance in getting through the checkride. Good Luck!
October 9, 200322 yr Congrats Chris! That's quite an accomplishment!!Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://mysite.verizon.net/res052cd/mybannercva1.jpgCalVirAir International VAwww.calvirair.comCougar Mountain Helicopters & Aviationwww.cgrmtnhelos.com Best, Michael KDFW
October 9, 200322 yr Well done Christopher,I am doing my CPL/IR right now. Getting all the cross country stuff out of the way and doing the basic IR at the moment. I am doing it full time Part 141 so hopefully it will not take that long.Congrats again,Stephen
October 9, 200322 yr Cogratulations,That is two more ratings than I have....So the big question everyone is wondering, "How did FS help you to get to the point you are at now?"Congratulations again, that is huge...!
October 9, 200322 yr Hi Christopher,Great news! Congratulations!Can you give us some basic idea of the ride, what you were asked to do, etc? Once I get my IR out of the way this is my next step (if I can pass a 2nd class medical, that is).Bruce. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
October 9, 200322 yr As for the sim. It helped out immensely for instrument scan and procedure training. Prob saved $2000 in training. As for what is expected in the comm ride. It is like a super private. Everything is to tighter standards. You know all the regs and rules already by 250 hours. If you are constantly reading and training, and not just flying. But, there are probably some cobwebs. You just need to go back through the Gleim's written and the book for the comm x-ride oral. It is more than thorough. If questions come up, just go to the FAR/AIM. Anyway, comm ride oral will vary with examiner. As for maneuvers, chandelles, lazy eights, eights on pylons, stalls to tighter heading standards, short field landings to 100 ft., engine out 180 degree turn to a point within 200 ft, steep turns to 100 ft and +/- 5 knots. In general most airspeeds are within 5 knots, and alts to 100 ft, and you have do a flight plan using pilotage,times, etc. no nav aids. Just like private. Hence, the super private designation.Thanks to all the well wishers and good luck to those who are working through the various ratings. It is tough at times, and I promise, you will ask yourself why you are doing it, on a number of occasions, even though you love it. Remember, it always gets harder near the summit. Keep on keepin on. ChristopherP4 2.81024 DDRAM800 Bus36 gig SATA hardrive80 gig harddriveATI Radeon 9700 ProCH yoke/pedalsElite Multi quadrant- serial19" inch monitor-Soundblaster PCI 512Win XPCommercial ASEL- Instrument 285 hoursAOPALawyerPilots Bar Association"Men without dreams are never free, twas thus this way and thus will ever be."
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