Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Success!

September 15, 2013

Today I earned my Commercial Pilot Certificate!!

The checkride started at 9am and involved an oral exam, then two flights; performing maneuvers in a Cessna 172, then all the take-offs and landings in the Cessna 182RG (complex & high performance airplane). The checkride ended around 2pm. It feels really great to finally be finished. Next I plan to earn my multi-engine rating and CFI (certified flight instructor) certificate.

Where I stand with flight hours:
Total time: 269.1 hours
PIC (Pilot in command): 204.9 hours
Single engine only: 260.4 hours
Multi-engine only: 8.2 hours
Cross country: 67.2 hours
Instrument (Simulated & Actual): 62.5 hours

My DPE (examiner), Scott and I