The oral portion of my practical flight test will supposely be tomorrow morning with the chief flight instructor, which means I get to study, study, study. I think I should be able to do the flight tomorrow as well. It would be wonderful if I could be done with this school by the end of the month.
I’ve been looking forward to my spin training for awhile. I’ve never been in a spin, and I wanted to know what it was all about. Now I know. As Ed taxied out to the runway he asked me what a spin was. “A stable, stalled condition where one wing is more stalled than the other, resulting in rotation.” We talked about spin entry and recovery techniques and how Cessna 172’s require full rudder and up elevator control inputs to stay in a spin. “Do you get sick on a roller coaster?” he asked. “Nope.” “Eaten lunch?” “Haven’t eaten anything…
Well, there was no plane for my 10am flight, so it got reschduled for 2pm. When I showed up at 12pm for my spin-ride, that plane was in maintenance. And they informed me that the plane for my 2pm flight got canceled for a check ride. So my spin ride is now 8am tomorrow, and my final CFII flight is 4pm Sunday. Whee.
The instructor responsible for taking me on a spin ride today didn’t want to do it in clouds. Imagine that. Before I can get an instructor rating, I’ve got to get signed off on spin training. This way when a student puts me in a spin, I’ll be prepared to save us. Since I’ve never spun a plane before, I’m rather excited about it. I was scheduled at 10am as well. After looking at the weather, I decided that if I could talk my instructor into it, I wanted to go. There were thunderstorms just north of the city and…
It took 15 minutes for the test proctor to check my credentials and prepare the computer for my test. They gave me 90 minutes to answer 50 questions. I took 10 minutes, and got a 96%. So, I’m done with THAT stupid test. When you’ve got all the questions and the answers beforehand, there’s really no excuse for not passing it. Now I’ve got to hit the books for my Oral exam, and I’ll be an instrument instructor soon.