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by MALL
Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:48 am
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson learned?
Replies: 6
Views: 5435

Re: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson lear

Kevin, thank you as well for your follow-up.
by MALL
Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:38 am
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson learned?
Replies: 6
Views: 5435

Re: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson lear

Keith, thanks for your, as always, thorough explanation. Your knowledge of the system is impressive by any measure, and I'm grateful to profit by it. Apologies for posting in the 'wrong' place: I'm still learning to navigate the fora; I'm glad you and Kevin found my query here.
by MALL
Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson learned?
Replies: 6
Views: 5435

Re: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson lear

Kevin, thanks for your reply. I'm not clear on what you mean by "You did both of those things and gave the controller no reason to think otherwise." What should I have done to make him think otherwise? If Approach is providing flight following, part of which I thought was helping a VFR pil...
by MALL
Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:14 pm
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson learned?
Replies: 6
Views: 5435

Controller goof, part of the test, or just a lesson learned?

Last Thursday evening, 1 Feb, I did the Cat-6 rating, and had what I thought a noteworthy experience on which I would like some feedback from the powers that be. After being handed off to Joshua Approach, I was soon told to "report airport in sight and descend at my discretion". I was abst...
by MALL
Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:36 pm
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Training Resources
Replies: 22
Views: 48791

Re: Training Resources

Keith, here's the book I mentioned in our email correspondence a week or so ago. It's a complete syllabus for private and instrument ratings on a simulator. If one's been using sims for a while, it will probably seem a bit slow at first, but the author is extremely thorough and the book effectively ...
by MALL
Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:11 am
Forum: Fly with me
Topic: Tail dragger Fly in...any interest?
Replies: 10
Views: 9067

Re: Tail dragger Fly in...any interest?

Still getting up to speed with PE, but I am very interested in this. I hope to complete my PPL this year in a Citabria.