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    Confidence.

    Glad to hear a lot of you have had similar experiences. I think the confidence will come with more time, more exposure to new situations, and more study. In some ways, it has been like starting all over again. I think you're right, Aero99: Always err on the side of safety.
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    list your toughest checkride questions

    "You've been flying along at FL 190 for a couple of hours and you lose your radios. The weather is crap for 300 miles all around you (not all that uncommon in the upper midwest). You're getting low on gas and dont have the range to fly to better conditions. What do you set your altimeter too and...
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    Question about Old 3rd Class Medicals

    The newsgroup was rec.aviation.student. I don't recall what the thread subject was right now, but it was pretty clear that the individual was saying that you would lose previous solo student hours if you had logged them under a destroyed certificate. I just read it last night. Anyway, I see...
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    Question about Old 3rd Class Medicals

    Ok, thanks. Goes to show you can't believe everything you read, on Usenet particularly.
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    Question about Old 3rd Class Medicals

    Thanks. I looked at the link. Point of clarification: The solo hours which I logged under the old medical certifcates will also still be valid or will I need to follow the procedure to get the old certificates? I'll post when I figure it out.
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    Question about Old 3rd Class Medicals

    I think I may have screwed the proverbial pooch. I logged about 18 hours 10 years ago and a few more a few years later. I had my old medicals in my logbook but threw them out when I recently got my new one. I was reading some stuff about check rides on Usenet and now I have to ask...Since...
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    Emergencies...what did you do?

    Amazing the number of incidents some of you guys have endured. "Remember that in an emergency, you didn't create it. You deal with situations as they're handed to you. You can plan ahead, and conduct your flight by prior planning such that when an emergency arises, hopefully you're in the best...
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    Emergencies...what did you do?

    Avbug, thanks. Your conclusion was the one we reached- i.e. we should go to altitude and measure these things. I think he brought it up because he has had examiners ask the question. Agreed, a failure on a final approach is less likely. We did not extensively about failures on...
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    Confidence.

    Guys, Along with some of my recent student questions, I'd like to ask you guys about confidence. I recently started flying again as a student. I had accumulated about 25 hours 8 years ago and decided it was time to finish. My instructor was ready to let me go again after about 3 flights and...
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    Emergencies...what did you do?

    Avbug, Sounds like you have seen it all man. You actually lead into a question I had. My instructor and I were talking today after some x-wind landings. We were talking about my check ride and he mentioned an examiner simulating an engine failure on final. I asked whether it made sense, if...
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    Emergencies...what did you do?

    Hey guys. For anyone who is interested in sharing, I'm curious to hear from you guys about 'emergencies' or 'incidents' you guys have had when flying. I'm particularly interested in the types of things which have happened in smaller planes since I can relate to them a little better, but...
  14. W

    Returning to Fying.

    How did you learn once you were a certified instructor? What sorts of things did you learn? "Oh yeah, not all 25 year olds are cocky either" And not all 55 year-olds are wise and calm. Agreed.
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    Returning to Fying.

    I'll trust you guys on that. It certainly seems like a good way to just get hours for sure. I'm not clear how I learn more while I am teaching, presumably by studying more so as to be a better instructor. I've always taken pride in teaching things to new engineers, hopefully those...
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    Returning to Fying.

    Ok you guys, by older gentleman, I meant older than the other 4 instructors I've flown with at various times in my life. I'll take the wisdom and the calm of a 55 year old guy over the cockiness of a 25 year old guy any day of the week. Skydiverdriver, it's neat that you liked instructing...
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    Returning to Fying.

    "Listening to the tape in the car does NOT make one a dorky pilot!" But does listening to a dorky pilot in the car make you a dorky pilot? Anyone know anything about who that guy is? I actually purchased the one I mentioned, plus the Oshkosh on a busy day tape and the Mayday tape. The latter...
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    Returning to Fying.

    bobbysamd, Just wanted to say thanks for your time. My instructor's story is very similar to yours which makes sense since you two are about the same age. So, he missed the big airlines on his first chance, but kept instructing. I'm not sure how many years he's been flying charters, but I'm...
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    Returning to Fying.

    Thanks for the advice Wiggums. It always seems that a fair amount of time is given to engine failure and I've had more than one instructor pull the throttle on me and tell me to put it in a field. I live in Indiana, so that's usually a pretty easy thing to do. I've reviewed the checklists for...
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    Returning to Fying.

    Hello Gentlemen. I've been lurking here off and on for a few weeks and I thought I'd say hello. A little bit of a long intro, scan to the bottom if you would like to offer some advice on a couple of things. I've tried not to repeat any questions I've seen you guys answer recently. While in...
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