tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post8510160655134762606..comments2024-03-18T12:59:19.984-04:00Comments on Photographic Logbook: Cognitive Flatulence and the Instrument Check Ride (Part 1)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846593737518887287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-15419542139111634532013-09-03T22:03:17.888-04:002013-09-03T22:03:17.888-04:00Hi Dave -
Congrats on passing yours, as well! I w...Hi Dave -<br /><br />Congrats on passing yours, as well! I was feeling pretty low about busting the first ride until one of my flying mentors, whom I respect greatly, shared with me that he had busted his first ride as well. And he turned out OK, so I figured that I would, too. I have used the rating a few times now and find that I am still learning, but I suppose that's the idea.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, Dave. I'm glad to know that I am in good company.<br /><br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846593737518887287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-89915496900758363142013-09-03T21:42:25.954-04:002013-09-03T21:42:25.954-04:00Been a while since I took a peek at your site. I ...Been a while since I took a peek at your site. I busted my first IFR check ride back in April - finally getting it right on the second try, finishing on April 30th. My brain cramp was associated with flying a VOR-A/DME approach with a GNS430W for reference in addition to serving as NAV1 and the DME reference as substitute. I screwed up to start with by not setting the NavAid as the DME fix to get the distance showing. This was the first approach of the ride, taking place at the airport I departed from (KBUY). Basically it was going to be junk from the beginning because I had the OBS set wrong, off by about 7 degrees, so even though I was merrily flying the ground track over the ground keeping an eye on the magenta line, I couldn't get the needle on the VOR head to center to save my life. If that wasn't bad enough, I then compounded the problem by turning left rather than right to go to the missed, and then with the OBS now properly set for the inbound course, I somehow got screwed up further and tried to catch the outbound heading and then flew a full 360 inside the protected space. I knew something was wrong but had no idea what it was or how to fix it. Suffice it to say, the ride was a bust. We hadn't flown anything else so when the DPE asked if I wanted to continue - I just said yeah - and proceeded to then fly the precision approach, a GPS approach with a partial, all the unusual attitude stuff, etc.<br /><br />Came back a week later, flew the same approach I had botched in the sim right before I left, then again in actual IMC into the airport, and then the DPE said to go back and do it again. I had not changed a thing on the panel so everything was already set up for the approach. The "do over" including the subsequent hold lasted just at 20 minutes.<br /><br />A license to learn for sure - and I learned a lot about cross-checking and double-checking nav aids, frequencies, OBS, etc.<br /><br />Congrats on passing your IFR check ride.<br /><br />DaveDave Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840705678118237435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-66178843228922156742013-08-14T15:49:19.994-04:002013-08-14T15:49:19.994-04:00You'll do great. One advantage that you will ...You'll do great. One advantage that you will have is that you already know how to fly the airplane well and you have plenty of cross country experience under your belt. There's still a lot to learn, but the amount of real world aviation experience you already have will make for a great foundation. I'm glad I waited.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846593737518887287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-80887699067286858352013-08-14T13:41:28.107-04:002013-08-14T13:41:28.107-04:00I don't know about that - but you're certa...I don't know about that - but you're certainly right that it's my turn. Shooting my first-ever approach while doing hood work during the WINGS-pseudo-BFR last weekend (and looking up to see a runway in front of me!) definitely added to the motivation!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-47047772890308563262013-08-13T07:03:48.588-04:002013-08-13T07:03:48.588-04:00I was very discouraged that night. But I am reall...I was very discouraged that night. But I am really grateful to my instructor and the examiner both for encouraging me to get right back to it. And you're right, it's just more learning.<br /><br />Now it's your turn - I'm sure you'll do better!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846593737518887287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-18431838657397855802013-08-11T19:24:24.881-04:002013-08-11T19:24:24.881-04:00Thanks, TJ. Interesting question, I don't know...Thanks, TJ. Interesting question, I don't know if they were aware or not. Either way I accept my goof as a learning experience and will move on from there. I just logged about 1.1 hours of actual with my family over southern Ontario, so it all worked out in the end.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846593737518887287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-44542365051521823902013-08-11T18:56:05.692-04:002013-08-11T18:56:05.692-04:00Gr8 post ... The IFR check ride is a huge mileston...Gr8 post ... The IFR check ride is a huge milestone! Sounds like u had a little bad ATC karma that day... Just curious... Did ATC know it was a check ride?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350885255087587376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910924549702235794.post-78944229695452791892013-08-06T14:09:40.107-04:002013-08-06T14:09:40.107-04:00Ugh, frustrating indeed. Now I already know how th...Ugh, frustrating indeed. Now I already know how this ends, of course, but that still sucks. I can certainly see how easy it would be to do what you did - given the training, and the conditions, you did what you'd practiced in a sense. Oh well, we're all in this for the continual learning experiences, right?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130510691724323456noreply@blogger.com