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Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 4, 2016 - 01:26pm PT
Just jerkin' yer chain, braj. :-)
You are so gonna send it.
Wen

Trad climber
Bend, OR
Jul 4, 2016 - 04:30pm PT
I've enjoyed watching your flying progress, and can't wait to hear how the check ride goes! I was close to my check ride a few years ago but never finished, I'm living vicariously!
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2016 - 09:04pm PT
Check ride scheduled for July 19th. Two days after I turn 50. I'll have the extra guy from FSDO aboard. Good thing the Sushi Party is the 16th. More than enough time to recover. Pagan, Mark Miller and kev are coming out. Everyone is invited!
BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Jul 5, 2016 - 09:29pm PT
maybe you should move the check ride up to the 14th?lol

Keep your tips up! (it was som kind of good luck i'd hear when i was tryin to land a taildragger :)

seriously, you'll prolly be importing the Freshy Fresh for the next Fest!
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2016 - 09:56pm PT
that actually was the plan but the scheduling revolved around what Chris out of the FSDO office was available for. I'm saving myself $500 by doing this. A free check ride is hard to beat. And from what I've been told both of these guys are really cool. FSDO guy was a bush pilot in Alaska and Indonesia.

two two delta on short final
Brokedownclimber

Trad climber
Douglas, WY
Jul 6, 2016 - 08:06am PT
Dakota 84602 to 2, 2 delta--good luck!

Watch the centerline! One wheel on each side!
jfs

Trad climber
Upper Leftish
Jul 6, 2016 - 09:17am PT
This is great. Good luck on the check ride. Sounds like you're ready.

I was a little ramp rat kid hustling at the local FBO to get flying time back in the 90's. I soloed and got my license on my 16 and 17th birthdays like a lot of pilots who grew up obsessed with flying. Life got in the way for a few years and I quit but couldn't go a week without dreaming about going back. And last year I finally did. Piper J-3 Cub and (very) occasionally an Extra 300. Opposite ends of a spectrum on performance but both ridiculously fun to fly.

It would be great to connect with some other climber-pilots out there sometime. That's some good campfire b*s*ing time right there. Cheers.




And just because it's a climbing forum...
O.D.

Trad climber
LA LA Land
Jul 7, 2016 - 12:19pm PT
Way to get at it, Nature. It's been fun and inspirational watching you along the way.

I thought of you when I watched this video the other day. Each time I watch it my palms sweat. If I had known there was this much drama going on on the cockpit, I may have thought differently about planning trips in and out of Quito.

My favourite quote: "This approach requires our full attention".

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Gunkie

Trad climber
Valles Marineris
Jul 7, 2016 - 01:01pm PT
We're friends with a family where the dad is a pilot for the biggest airliners for United and does the longest routes. Both the mom and dad came out of the Air Force Academy. He flew the most advanced fighters available during his time in the Air Force. Ran live missions, too. He has 10's of thousands of hours flying 747s, 777, 787...etc. And the one thing he told me: never get involved in general aviation. He won't do it and won't even consider it. YMMV
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2016 - 02:28pm PT
The OSMO got a little wonky so things are titled. We have two Blackhawks and a Chinook sitting on the tarmac fighting the fire. about half way down the runway.

[Click to View YouTube Video]

also at boulder

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 12, 2016 - 03:00pm PT
OD, that makes yer palms sweat?* Kapitän Phunnymeister was bummed they
didn't get to do Rwy 17. Boy, you'd never catch Asiana hand flying no
damn approach. Thank god they don't go there.

*Guess you haven't been to Cuzco. VFR only, baby! ;-)
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Jul 12, 2016 - 05:43pm PT
^^^
Quito sucks as a destination, lots of diverts to Guayaquil due to fog. They put the new Quito airport in a bad location. All of the commercial U.S. flights go into Quito, better to take another route (e.g., through Bogata) and fly to Guayaquil instead.
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 19, 2016 - 05:55pm PT
I got a 99% on the check ride. Ugh.

But I flew with a CFI after we debriefed and I'm back on for 7:30 AM to finish the 1%.

I blew my VOR heading - 010 !== 001 but it's easy for me to confuse. The numbers do that. I know the difference and made up for it on the way back after our GPS went out and I was asked to return to Boulder. I hoped the Victor 81 on a 181 heading for the TO but they still couldn't pass me.

My soft field landing wasn't good but I was landing at an unfamiliar airport (FNL) which is wide.

Apparently I've also been using too much aileron in my stalls and not enough rudder.

I'm OK with that, we fixed it and I'll be done tomorrow.


But the kicker is they asked me to do a short field landing and touch and go that to a soft field take off. So, once I pulled flaps to 10 and give it some gas and pulled back the yoke we hit the tail (there's a 230 lb sack of potatoes in the back via the form of the FAA). That fazed me (I had the choice to discontinue after the VOR miss but I wanted exactly zero to do with any of that).

So we pull to the ramp and check it out and sure enough a little scrape on the tie down. Somehow we got back to the BDU and the tie down was gone. Maybe the soft takeoff from full stop dragged but I don't think so. That wheelie was yuuuuuuuuge.

Now... I never should have been asked to perform that and I should have said no. It's not ACS. And when I told my CFI he asked for his number and I'm sure had a word. While looking at the tail I was asked if I wanted to continue as I look flustered to which I responded yes.

The VOR thing didn't bother me a bit. I'm not even kicking myself over it. But there I was nailing my nemesis (the short landing) only to get hosed with the transition to the soft takeoff. And my soft takeoffs are solid.

Oh well.... guess I'm doing a quick rejected landing / go around.



BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Jul 19, 2016 - 06:43pm PT
hey man, congrats on the 99%!

but i think any pilot will tell you 99% ain't enough to be safe. practicing and riding with a cif isn't when you should be doing what you know, it's the time to do what you don't like or what makes you scared..
this isn't a sport if you can't shoot free-throws, your jump shot will keep you alive! NWIM? you gotta be thinking now you got 200 passengers onboard and EVERY incidental that can happen you've practiced a 100 times and know from instinct what to do. i bet you can tie a figure 8 blindfolded! you wanna be able to do the same for a short field landing. so much so while your doing it, your already thinking ahead to the "what if's". sorry if i sound like i'm harping on you, i'm not! i just want to see you score a 110%!

Push your limits, intelligently safely!!
Skeptimistic

Mountain climber
La Mancha
Jul 19, 2016 - 06:50pm PT
Rough ride. Good onya for sticking with it. That says more about being a safe pilot than a high score on the ride. You'll get it.

Lead with the rudder
vvvvvv vvvvvvvvvvvv
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 19, 2016 - 07:03pm PT

Apparently I've also been using too much aileron in my stalls and not enough rudder

You need more snap rolls! ;-)


Man, that examiner sounds like a jerk - what's a few degrees amongst friends?
BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
Jul 19, 2016 - 07:09pm PT
^^^ ur right. maybe even a couple cruises in a sailplane? man that helped my flying tremendously.

and some taildragger time never hurts
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 20, 2016 - 09:08am PT
I'm a pilot
Skeptimistic

Mountain climber
La Mancha
Jul 20, 2016 - 09:13am PT
Woo-hoo! Welcome to the 4th dimension!
Gary

Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
Jul 20, 2016 - 09:15am PT
Awesome!
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