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Title: I got my Private
Post by: XNachoX on July 22, 2004, 05:47:18 PM
I finally got my private after 2 summers.  As of July 20th I'm now a Airplane SEL Private Pilot.    I'll get some pics up of the plane I rent and fly soon.  I took my girlfriend up today for her first ride in a small airplane ever, so she had lots of fun :).  It was kind of sad though, I get out of the plane expecting there to be atleast my insructor outside waiting to greet me (had around 10 people waiting when I solo'd) and there was no one haha.
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Title: I got my Private
Post by: Hawklore on July 22, 2004, 05:47:51 PM
Wow dude, I got mine the day I was born.. :rolleyes:







Oohh! That, congrats Nacho! :aok
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Nilsen on July 22, 2004, 05:49:08 PM
Congrats :)  
Title: I got my Private
Post by: xrtoronto on July 22, 2004, 05:54:44 PM
wtg nacho!
Title: I got my Private
Post by: rpm on July 22, 2004, 06:01:08 PM
WTG Nacho! Took your girlfriend up, did ya? ;)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Nash on July 22, 2004, 06:44:18 PM
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Originally posted by rpm371
WTG Nacho! Took your girlfriend up, did ya? ;)


That explains why nobody was around. They didn't wanna get volunteered to hose off the inside of that plane.

Congrats Nacho!
Title: I got my Private
Post by: jigsaw on July 22, 2004, 08:24:33 PM
Grats :D
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Estes on July 22, 2004, 08:49:36 PM
WTG Sam!

When do you get your gun mounts? :)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Maverick on July 22, 2004, 08:52:51 PM
Congrats, When are you going to buy your own plane now?  :)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: SLO on July 22, 2004, 08:53:24 PM
congrats Nacho:aok
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Curval on July 22, 2004, 09:54:20 PM
wtg man
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Octavius on July 22, 2004, 09:59:16 PM
wtfg :)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Sandman on July 22, 2004, 10:43:10 PM
WTG!
Title: I got my Private
Post by: snapperhead on July 23, 2004, 12:29:30 AM
WTG you little spoiled Marietta rich kid...........The only time you post watermelon on this board is to gloat about what you have or what you do.  Yeah your under 18 yrs old have a private pilots liscense a Ducati and a Harley and will probably never have to work a day in your life. Congrats.


SNAP
Title: I got my Private
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 23, 2004, 12:53:59 AM
Excellent:cool:
Title: I got my Private
Post by: CyranoAH on July 23, 2004, 01:46:23 AM
Congratulations Nacho!! Stay safe.
Title: I got my Private
Post by: FUNKED1 on July 23, 2004, 02:16:12 AM
WTG Nacho
You seemed to have pissed off MrBlack though.
Title: I got my Private
Post by: deSelys on July 23, 2004, 04:04:42 AM
Congrats! Enjoy it but be careful....
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Dux on July 23, 2004, 07:56:57 AM
WTG!
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Curval on July 23, 2004, 08:13:05 AM
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Originally posted by snapperhead
WTG you little spoiled Marietta rich kid...........The only time you post watermelon on this board is to gloat about what you have or what you do.  Yeah your under 18 yrs old have a private pilots liscense a Ducati and a Harley and will probably never have to work a day in your life. Congrats.


SNAP


Jealousy is an ugly thing.
Title: I got my Private
Post by: CyranoAH on July 23, 2004, 08:51:00 AM
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Originally posted by Curval
Jealousy is an ugly thing.


Ain't that the truth...
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Habu on July 23, 2004, 09:07:23 AM
Very nice and congrats. Tell us how the check flight went. Did the guy try to trip you up at all? Was there anything  you should have studied harder?

When you get your pictures post them in this thread.

Flying Thread (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123681)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: LePaul on July 23, 2004, 10:05:05 AM
Now the learning really begins!  Enjoy!

What are rentals your way?  C172s are $82 an hour, wet, Hobbs here.  :eek:
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Habu on July 23, 2004, 10:08:47 AM
That is not a bad price LePaul. If you figure you are going to burn 10 gal an hour full rich the price of fuel is $35 for the hour. That means you are getting the plane for $50 an hour.

If you figure that the engine and prop reserve is 24 an hour the rental company is not making that much. Most people don't put more than a couple of hours on a plane a day even if they take it on a trip.

(edit to fix engine reserve. It is 24 an hour not 4 an hour.)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: mjolnir on July 23, 2004, 10:14:35 AM
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Originally posted by LePaul
Now the learning really begins!  Enjoy!

What are rentals your way?  C172s are $82 an hour, wet, Hobbs here.  :eek:


You still in Bangor LePaul?  I rented a 172 down at Bar Harbor a couple years ago and I think it was only $70-75 per hour wet.  Don't know if that's worth the drive for you, just something to think about.
Title: I got my Private
Post by: muckmaw on July 23, 2004, 10:34:46 AM
Nacho.


WTG!!!!
Title: I got my Private
Post by: Creamo on July 23, 2004, 11:14:57 AM
WTG Nacho. Posts the pix.
Title: Re: I got my Private
Post by: slimm50 on July 23, 2004, 11:20:14 AM
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Originally posted by XNachoX
I finally got my private after 2 summers.  As of July 20th I'm now a Airplane SEL Private Pilot.    I'll get some pics up of the plane I rent and fly soon.  I took my girlfriend up today for her first ride in a small airplane ever, so she had lots of fun :).  It was kind of sad though, I get out of the plane expecting there to be atleast my insructor outside waiting to greet me (had around 10 people waiting when I solo'd) and there was no one haha.
__________________
(http://xnachox.hostultra.com/Images/nachosig.jpg)
Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end Iliad
4,/JG 53  (http://bellsouthpwp.net/w/o/wotans/4JG53/)

BODACIOUS! :D
Title: I got my Private
Post by: LePaul on July 23, 2004, 02:17:01 PM
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Originally posted by mjolnir
You still in Bangor LePaul?  I rented a 172 down at Bar Harbor a couple years ago and I think it was only $70-75 per hour wet.  Don't know if that's worth the drive for you, just something to think about.


Acadia Air...yea, well as you know, with Tourist Season in full swing up here, its murder to get there since there is only one main road there.  

I guess I was spoiled with the old rate...and 9/11 doubling the rates cause of....?  Bah....freaking insurance companies.  But, that's another thread now, isnt it?

Bar Harbor is a great little field...that runway over the ocean can be a lil dicey at night ;)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: XNachoX on July 23, 2004, 04:30:02 PM
Thanks guys, the actual check flight wasn't that much of a surprise because I took a practice checkride with the same guy a week earlier, so I knew what was coming.  All in all the ground went from 10-12 and the flying from 12:30 to 2:30-3:00.  He was a real nice guy and had that ability to make you understand complex ideas simply.  I rent the planes for around 85 an hour full wet so it's not too bad.

He didn't do anything to throw me off Habu as he told me that the checkride is nothing more than to see that you meet the standards, nothing more and nothing less.  At the end of the flight he told me everything that I did wrong and could do better on.  I wish I had studied mag compass turns more thorougly as that part I had actually had very little practice.

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Originally posted by Habu
Very nice and congrats. Tell us how the check flight went. Did the guy try to trip you up at all? Was there anything  you should have studied harder?

When you get your pictures post them in this thread.

Flying Thread (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123681)




BTW snapperhead I plan on taking this into a career, so kiss my ass.  I'm already into my IFR training.
__________________
(http://xnachox.hostultra.com/Images/nachosig.jpg)
Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end Iliad
4,/JG 53  (http://bellsouthpwp.net/w/o/wotans/4JG53/)
Title: I got my Private
Post by: jigsaw on July 23, 2004, 05:14:27 PM
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Originally posted by XNachoX
I wish I had studied mag compass turns more thorougly as that part I had actually had very little practice.

Easy and cheap way to practice compass turns;

Pick up one of those little suction cup models from the auto parts store. If you're driving somewhere, stick it on your dash. If you're around the house, stick it on a book and pick a heading to turn to. Just be ready to explain yourself should you be caught in the act of spinning in circles.

Easy rule of thumb for the "Which way do I turn to get to heading X?" syndrome;

When you turn right, the numbers get bigger.
When you turn left, the numbers get smaller.