Congrats! Now it's time to take that trip!frankh said:Its official I am IFR rated.
All training was done in the RV 7a and the DE loved the airplane.
Thanks for all the well wishing, this is the hardest thing I have ever done...And no I'm not being overly dramatic when I say that...
Frank 7a
dan said:Way to go, man. Now you have no excuse not to make it down here for the RV fly-in in May. j/k Enjoy the flexibility!
fstringham7a said:Frank
Way to go............It must be a real relief to have that IFR endorsement to the ticket!!!!!!
I will look forward to Wednesday at SGU.
Frank @ SGU RV7A "NDY"
Low Pass said:Nothing like popping out at 200 agl with the runway lights shining up at you! Nice job.
Also, would you agree that the whole aviation "system" makes much more sense now?! It did to me, post inst rating.
frankh said:I'm pretty intimidated filing IFR Xcountry mainly because I haven't done much.
Interesting. Not taking shots at your instructor, but I guess I went at it a little differently. My cfi and I actively sought out IMC. By the time I took my check ride, I felt totally qualified and comfortable making approaches to minimums and working with the system.frankh said:Sort of, I feel the required one and only cross country trip is not inadequate to get it all straight, i.e we spend 38 hours doing approaches, holds and other airwork and I'm pretty intimidated filing IFR Xcountry mainly because I haven't done much.
I think my "immersion plans" will probably help though......................
Frank
Low Pass said:Interesting. Not taking shots at your instructor, but I guess I went at it a little differently. My cfi and I actively sought out IMC. By the time I took my check ride, I felt totally qualified and comfortable making approaches to minimums and working with the system.
If you have any reservations, maybe you should consider finding an instructor who will take you out bouncing around in the soup at least a little more to build your confidence.
You may be able to immerse yourself to gain ability and comfort using the IFR system, but approaches in significant IMC might be better done with a good but slightly more aggressive instructor.
2 cents