It’s confirmed – I’m taking my checkride Monday morning at 9am. As Lando Calrissian might say, “Here goes nothin’”.

Nobody canceled on their IFR checkride today so mine is postponed until the 25th at the earliest. A bummer too, since it was a perfect day for a VFR checkride – way too nice for an IFR!

I’m heading off to Las Vegas tomorrow (via commercial air transport) for my yearly tradeshow there (NAB). I should [...]

I went up today solo and flew around a bit, practicing slow flight, steep turns, a stall, some pilotage, and some short-field take-offs and landings. I’ve also been studying for the oral, brushing up on airspace, emergency procedures, weight and balance, etc.

It’s still iffy on whether I’ll do my checkride on the 15th or 25th, [...]

Well, it’s almost time. I went up with Mark on Saturday to go through stuff the examiner might put me through. I did pretty well, despite being quite rusty. I bungled the short field takeoff, which would have failed me, so we’re going to practice those again before the checkride.

My first opportunity will be April [...]