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Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: moose on October 20, 2002, 11:27:26 PM: You go for it yet?

If you haven't, good luck!
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: Zigrat on October 20, 2002, 11:31:34 PM: he just soloed, he would be going pretty fast if he is taking his checkride. mabye the weather cooperates better down there in texas though :) damn tropical storms keep messing me up.
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Post by: Flossy on October 21, 2002, 04:12:09 AM: I thought I heard Skuzzy say in the MA that he had done it on Friday....
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: Vulcan on October 21, 2002, 05:17:46 AM: I believe Skuzzy was referring to a sheep caught in a fence.

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Originally posted by Flossy
I thought I heard Skuzzy say in the MA that he had done it on Friday....
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Post by: sling322 on October 21, 2002, 08:07:04 AM: Can you do those checkrides in the rain? Cause it was pissing down here almost all day on Friday and it was raining off and on just about all weekend.
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Post by: Glasses on October 21, 2002, 01:12:18 PM: Sling the rain doesn't neccesarily effect anything ,the visibility and cloud cover would indeed make someone postpone a VFR Pilot ride check. When I took mine it was raining but clouds were high enough and visibility was about 5 SM so I was legal. Took it passed it flew 5 times after that and Haven't flown since :-D
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Post by: LePaul on October 21, 2002, 01:26:27 PM: Wow...I took mine in 1992...I have to do my BFR (Biennial Flight Review) this month, then do the required night landings, etc to be all up to date again. No pun, but wow...time flies...

Glasses...shame on you! Get back up there!
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Post by: hitech on October 22, 2002, 10:11:43 AM: Has been postponed do to weather twice. Have the oral all complete , maby this thursday. Btw was 3 weeks from solo to first check ride time. And also picked up my plane this week end from nevada, was a fun trip. 185 Knots 8.3 gph at 9500 ft.
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Post by: hblair on October 22, 2002, 10:20:57 AM: but what is your convergence set at?
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Post by: AKDejaVu on October 22, 2002, 10:30:27 AM: Quote
Originally posted by hitech
Has been postponed do to weather twice. Have the oral all complete , maby this thursday. Btw was 3 weeks from solo to first check ride time. And also picked up my plane this week end from nevada, was a fun trip. 185 Knots 8.3 gph at 9500 ft.
Is that optimal speed for efficiency HT? And how much does the fuel cost?

22 MPG... a little better than I would have expected.

AKDejaVu
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: Flossy on October 22, 2002, 12:06:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Vulcan
I believe Skuzzy was referring to a sheep caught in a fence.
LOL! I only caught the "tail end" of the conversation... :D
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: AKIron on October 22, 2002, 12:16:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by AKDejaVu
Is that optimal speed for efficiency HT? And how much does the fuel cost?

22 MPG... a little better than I would have expected.

AKDejaVu

Actually a little better than that DJ unless you meant Nautical MPG. Works out to about 25.6 Standard MPG. But who cares about cost when yer soaring above the grunts. ;)
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Post by: Holden McGroin on October 22, 2002, 02:29:23 PM: Quote
Originally posted by hblair
but what is your convergence set at?

LOL:D
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Post by: moose on October 22, 2002, 03:02:17 PM: Quote
Originally posted by hitech
Has been postponed do to weather twice. Have the oral all complete , maby this thursday. Btw was 3 weeks from solo to first check ride time. And also picked up my plane this week end from nevada, was a fun trip. 185 Knots 8.3 gph at 9500 ft.

I'm very jealous :) At least you got the oral part down, supposedly that can be very challenging
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Post by: Vulcan on October 22, 2002, 05:53:52 PM: I thought this was a family orientated BBS?

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Originally posted by moose

I'm very jealous :) At least you got the oral part down, supposedly that can be very challenging
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: LePaul on October 22, 2002, 09:55:50 PM: HiTech...

What are you doing for insurance? Low time + Experiemental...just wondering what you wound up going with, etc.

The only firms I could find that would insure the BD-5 I had was, well....Fargo...the same folks that insure the Space Shuttle, etc etc. Not cheap!

Avemco is awful, many folks cant fly since the insurance went up big time after 9/11.
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Post by: hitech on October 23, 2002, 09:36:59 AM: Van's is the most common kit plane.
They have a program set up with Nation Air.
Also on the financing side, rv was one of only a few home builts lots of banks would finance. Insurance was 2.7% of insured price nose wheel would have been a little less. They did require a check ride with a CFI with 200 hours RV time.
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Post by: LePaul on October 23, 2002, 11:31:30 AM: Seems reasonable enough (though I'm wondering what the end number turned out being :) )

Van's makes some great kits. Friend's RV-9A is nearly done!
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: hitech on October 27, 2002, 08:13:51 AM: At last, as of 2:00 PM central time I became a private pilot.

HiTech
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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on October 27, 2002, 08:20:54 AM: Congrats !!
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Post by: eagl on October 27, 2002, 08:24:29 AM: Congrats!
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Post by: Dago on October 27, 2002, 08:40:35 AM: Congrats HT

dago
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Post by: Mitsu on October 27, 2002, 09:02:23 AM: Congrats. :)
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Post by: GScholz on October 27, 2002, 09:12:00 AM: Congratulations! (Break a leg and neck!)

I'm still studying the teoretics (will start flying next spring when the snow melts).
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: AKDejaVu on October 27, 2002, 10:16:43 AM: Congrats!
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: moose on October 27, 2002, 11:13:16 AM: wtg ht :)
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Post by: Udie on October 27, 2002, 11:54:14 AM: wtg HT :)
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Post by: ZEKE on October 27, 2002, 12:58:25 PM: wow wtg HT
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Post by: FTndr on October 27, 2002, 01:32:43 PM: Congrats HiTech :) Next comes the insturment But enjoy the private for now :)

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Originally posted by hitech
At last, as of 2:00 PM central time I became a private pilot.

HiTech
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Post by: Thorns on October 27, 2002, 08:25:19 PM: Congrats HT!

Thorns
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Post by: Citabria on October 27, 2002, 08:54:47 PM: wtg hitech!

are you doing your instrument rating next?

it's the only practical way for personal air travel if you like to use your plane for trips often.
Title: WTG
Post by: xbrit on October 28, 2002, 01:22:13 AM: WTG HT
We can all invite you to 'drop in' from now on.

xbrit
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Post by: Betown on October 28, 2002, 04:49:08 AM: WTG Hitech!
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Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on October 28, 2002, 05:09:24 AM: ... and the skies were never the same again.

Congrats HT!

Camo
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: Dingbat on October 28, 2002, 09:27:13 AM: HT or anyone else,

what materials do you recommend to get prior to actually signing up for flight instruction. Monetarily I dont have what it takes due to an unexpected home repair, but will this spring and would like to get a jump on the instruction.
Title: hey hitech howd your checkride go?
Post by: LePaul on October 28, 2002, 10:44:59 AM: HiTech....

Your mailbox will never be the same

Constant AOPA mailings, Sportings Pilot Shop catalogs....you name it.

So go on over to http://www.flightsuits.com and treat yourself....get a nice flight suit, matching helmet, etc and make em think you are taking off into MiG Alley the next time you are at the airport :)

Congrats! You'll find you learn more in the 20 hours AFTER you obtained the Private Pilot License than all the training before! Enjoy and welcome to the club!