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Month: December, 2007

More Prep

27 December, 2007 (10:04) | Aviation | No comments

Well, it’s the day before my Check Ride (hopefully) and I am spending today finishing/polishing up my X/C planning getting in some last minute studying and mentally going over my flight manuvers.  I need to run out to the FBO today to go through the Pilot Operating Handbook for the plane I will be flying […]

Check Ride

22 December, 2007 (10:36) | Aviation | 1 comment

Well I am now in preparation mode for my check ride which will be very shortly after Christmas. I have some good time now over the holiday to study for my oral and do my flight planning. Basically, I am planning a cross country to Green Bay, a Weight and Balance for the […]

FAA Test = Smoked

17 December, 2007 (15:00) | Aviation | 6 comments

So I officially passed my Private Pilot written exam today.  It was really pretty easy after much studying this weekend.  I met with Will this morning to get my log book endorsed.  After that I drove up to Jane Field to take my exam.  The folks at Cirrus were quite helpful, though I had to […]

Long Cross Country

16 December, 2007 (12:20) | Aviation | No comments

My long cross country went very well. Seriously what a great trip. I remember a post from S4xton on his blog a while back about falling in love with flying all over again. I thing you get to a point especially when you are learning/training that you are just going up flying […]

Long Time - No Post

12 December, 2007 (07:58) | Aviation | 2 comments

I have been a bit “unplugged”  the past few weeks getting a few things going in my life, I have done a bit of flying mostly my night stuff.  Monday I flew my first solo cross-country.  It was a blast out to Wilmar and back.  Kind of lonly though - all by myself.  Today I […]