Put One Step In front Of The Other...........

I finally did it! I got my sign off from my ground school instructor Thursday night after class. So what did I do? I made an appointment on Friday to go take my written test. I called the Dallas School of Aeronautics and asked if they had an opening on Saturday afternoon. Their response was an astounding no but she did ask me if I could take it that day. I have been saying that I was ready to take the test for the last 2 or 3 weeks so I just said yes. An hour later, I jumped in the car, drove to Addison and took the test. I probably should have taken my time a little more because I only scored an 80. I missed 11 questions out of 60 (actually 81.666666 but who's counting?) so I know I could have done better. It probably didn't help that I finished in under an hour (you are given 2 1/2 hours to finish).

I am very happy that this hurdle is over. The problem is that when I finally get to the check ride part, the examiner will look at the results and grill me on them for the oral part of the check ride. I won't be able to put up the books just yet. I have to stick to working on the parts that I had problems with until I get my certificate.

Thanks to Dick, Hank and all of my fellow classmates who did a fine job every Tuesday and Thursday evening for the last couple of months. It has been a great journey.

Now on to the next phase.