I got a call yesterday morning from my checkride examiner, who was going to be in the area mid-afternoon. Fortunately I was ready, had my paperwork in order, and the time flexibility (from working at home) to be at Morey when he was.

The whole thing took less than half and hour. He went over my paperwork, we hopped in “Paris” (which I had already preflighted), I did a near-perfect soft field takeoff (in a 10 knot direct crosswind out of the south) (“Much better”, the examiner tells me), went around the pattern, and did a near-perfect soft field landing. As we rolled to a stop he said “Congratulations” and shook my hand.

I’m a Private Pilot!

All told I’m at about 55 hours, with 22 hours pilot-in-command and the rest dual instruction.

My training as a pilot has only really just begun.

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