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05-21-2008, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 68
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Got my Wings!!
Well I passed my Oral Exam and Practical Check ride this afternoon! What a feeling. I've been looking forward to this day for years! I'm now a certificated private pilot!! Woo hoo!
Anyways the winds were a little bit more than I would have liked for the ride but not anything I hadn't flown before. Really that ended up being the only thing he really commented on; cross wind landings. That and maybe the "soft field" wasn't quite as "soft" as he would've liked. Oh well; more to work on (like it never ends). Navigation, diversion, stalls, steep turns, ground reference, etc. Everything else was just peachy. So now what do I do? Get a complex rating? A tailwheel? Instrument? Whatever it is I do, I know I'll learn something and probably have a lot of fun.
Thanks Ken Coplan, Bryan Rudd, Glenn Crabtree, TJ Timmons, and my wonderful wife Jennifer for making this possible.
-Chase
PS - If I'm having this much fun having worked on this thing since January, I can't imagine the rush of emotions after flying a plane for the first time after working on it for years.
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05-21-2008, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oliver, B.C. Canada (Okanagan valley)
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Congratulations!!
Now that's one of those "life's memorable moments" moments! Way to go!
Now, what's the plan 7, 8 or 12?
ps: I'm sure you'll be changing your bio here at VAF from student to ppl 
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RV 7a tip-up
Pre-cover MD-RA Inspected.
Canopy completed. Bonded with Sika-Flex.
Up on her mains, Firewall Fwd and wiring on going.
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05-21-2008, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,122
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Congrats! That is indeed one of the little moments in life that you will never forget. I'll never forget the smile on my DE's face when he added up my flight hours before I took my checkride and came up with 40.3 - and it was a 0.6 flight from home base to the DE's airport for the checkride...
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Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now. 
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05-21-2008, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Way to go dude!!!!!!
Now, as they say, the real learning begins 
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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05-21-2008, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,901
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Way to go!!!
Congrats. This is a huge accomplishment and you should be proud. As Mike said, "now the learning begins."
Don't stop though. Take a couple of weeks off and start in on that Instrument ticket. The longer you wait the less likely you will continue.
Again, way to go. Enjoy and fly safe.
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Chandler AZ
www.JDair.com
RV-7 N717EE-Flying (Sold)
RV-7 N717AZ Flying, in paint
EMS Bell 407,
Eurocopter 350 A-Star Driver
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05-21-2008, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Posts: 4,514
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Congrats on a well done job, Chase!
Don't know which is more momentous, getting that ticket or building and flying your own airplane.
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RV-7A...Sold #70374
The RV-8...Sold #83261
I'm in, dues paid 2019 This place is worth it!
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05-21-2008, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Edmond, OK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lorne green
Now that's one of those "life's memorable moments" moments! Way to go!
Now, what's the plan 7, 8 or 12?
ps: I'm sure you'll be changing your bio here at VAF from student to ppl |
One thing at a time. I'm still working on that (permission that is).
But...... if I had to take my pick of those three, I'd say 7. |
05-21-2008, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Highland Village, TX
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Congratulations, Chase. One of the big accomplishments in life is now under your belt. Way to go!!!!!
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05-21-2008, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arizona
Posts: 613
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Congrats!
Congrats on what I hope to be a long and safe journey for you in the world of aviation..............
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05-22-2008, 04:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cowtown, USA
Posts: 22
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Congratulations!
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