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Old 10-23-11, 09:37 AM   #1
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Default Got my PPL at last!

After 19 months and over 100-hrs in the air, I passed my Private Pilot's License checkride on my first try yesterday!

Yippee!!! Look out, fellow aviators



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Old 10-23-11, 09:38 AM   #2
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Old 10-23-11, 09:39 AM   #3
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Well done mate
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Old 10-23-11, 09:40 AM   #4
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Alright! Well done

Just remember the three most useless things
1) The Altitude above you
2) The Runway behind you
3) A Tenth of a second ago
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Old 10-23-11, 09:40 AM   #5
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Old 10-23-11, 09:43 AM   #6
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Congrats! Time to sport those aviator glasses.
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Old 10-23-11, 10:19 AM   #7
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Old 10-23-11, 10:23 AM   #8
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Old 10-23-11, 10:55 AM   #9
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WOOHOO!
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Old 10-23-11, 10:58 AM   #10
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Conga rats.

Especially getting it on the first try. Took me two. I blew the soft field take off.

Just remember that landing is easy. All aircraft are capable of landing themselves.
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Old 10-23-11, 11:48 AM   #11
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Uh oh! The skies are no longer safe...

Better go out and get an Anti-Aircraft gun for my backyard...


Way to go Bill!
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Old 10-23-11, 12:10 PM   #12
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Congrats, Bill!
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Old 10-23-11, 12:50 PM   #13
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Congrats!


I still have some way to go. Just under 17hrs flying, 10 in GS.
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Old 10-23-11, 12:56 PM   #14
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Congratulations Bill...I was going to buzz you on TS but I can't find your card
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Congrats and fair winds and following clouds - or whatever the aviators say
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