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love the Trump style at 2:55.. lol
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#6 😂😂😂
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I feel like this video was a yuge success. It was absolutely tremendous.
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Nice video. FYI The pilot in section 7 is not wearing his seatbelt properly. Maybe not a good thing for students to see.
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Offering a written dialogue of he presentation would be helpful.
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Great video, thanks
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Please take note that, if the equipment is in the plane you must be familiar with its usage. For example, if you have been training in a C172 P/N and you take your ride in a SP and it has a G430 make sure you are familiar with its use. Or make sure you plan your ride in an aircraft you have flown and are very familiar with,. Too may students take their ride in an aircraft that either they have not been in or that they are not familiar with. And please don't start using unfamiliar gadgets, like IPads solely for navigation. Make sure you have the proper charts and that they are up to date. After all you are supposed to be looking outside......right???? Our DPE sees these things all the time despite the constant input for the CFIs. So you're he single most common one is when taking a check ride in our Cirrus SR20s. The students forget to take the safety pin out of the CAPS system. Remember, it won't work if the pin is not pulled out!!!!!!! Just a few things to add from my standpoint. I'm not a CFI nor a DPE, but I fly every day and work along side a very large and busy flight school in the northeast, So my ears and eyes are constantly open. I hope this helped some folks.
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X-Plane doesn't simulate checklists that well. It just tells me how the plane will perform in normal operating conditions and when it will enter abnormal operating conditions. How does the following compare to a real start-up checklist?
(1) Turn on Battery.
(2) Start APU.
(3) Put APU on BUS.
(4) Turn off Battery.
(5) Start Engines.
(6) Take APU off BUS.
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When i went for my check ride my examiner tried to distract me on purpose to see if im paying attention
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Ditto, or maybe more so, on your Biennial Flight Review, by the way ...
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Wow! Unless things have changed, I think my EXAMINER failed our check ride! Of course, if you want a short check ride, schedule it for a Saturday at a BUSY airport when the weather is "severe clear".
I came in for our "first" landing, wrongly ass-u-ming it was a touch-and-go. When I went to hit the throttle after we touched down, he asked "who told you to do that?" Then when he told me to taxi back and park the plane, I once again ass-u-med I had failed. He told me to work on my landings because mine was "a little rough" and he then signed me off! -
in those sport aircraft..are the seats adjustable front to back or rudder pedals maybe ??
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One thing I learned before my private check ride was that the instructors typically try to teach you something. They want to see how you absorb learning to gauge how you might learn in the future. Sure enough, I did a steep turn and he said I passed, but had some pointers and proceeded to show me how to do them better. Just be prepared for it, and don't get nervous, it doesn't mean you failed. Unless they tell you to go back to the airport because you're too dangerous to fly, assume everything you're doing is part of the test, and continue under that assumption until the test is over and the examiner tells you so.
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I did my flying test for a PPL many years ago. It was two hours long and when I was about 15 minutes from the end, and thought I was doing pretty well, the examiner exclaimed "fire in the cockpit, fire in the cockpit!". I knew I needed to first find the fire extinguisher, something which should be easy for this budding flying ace. But could I remember where the little red cylinder was? NO! The examiner smiled and pointed to it just under my seat. I was sure I had blown the test but carried on and made a good landing. When I shut down the aircraft the examiner spent five minutes in silence finishing off his paperwork while I grimly stared out of the window. He then broke the silence by saying "congratulations, you've passed". No mention was made of the fire extinguisher as really nothing had to be said. I had learned my lesson.
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sir you accept international students.
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2:48 haha i see what u did there. nobody got the trump reference. Nice video. Very informative
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You make the serious fun.
Flying is dangerous.
Flying is fun.
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2:48 Trump impression.
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Well done! An additional thing to consider when making a mistake is that the DPE has the ability to determine how the applicant handles adversity. An examiner can tell a great deal about a pilot's knowledge and skill by observing how they manage making an error, and since perfect checkrides are few and far between, when you make a mistake, taking appropriate corrective action puts the best light on it..
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Is there a certain weight you have to be under to fly the sport cruisers? I'm about 215 and I'd love to start flying them! I might have to lose some weight first. lol
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