I have my PPL check ride today. Any advice ?

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Honest_Radio8983@reddit

Don't pick up the pencil that the examiner "accidently" drops at your feet while you are turning final.

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Make sure the people who administered your written test stamp the piece of paper correctly. When I got to my PPL check ride - flew to a different airport to take my check ride - he looked at all my papers and asked "Where's the stamp?". The check ride never started and I had to fly home and reschedule for another day. On approach, my instructor, who was flying in a different airplane, asked the controller if he could speak to me in air, and got permission. So, on the Approach Control frequency (full of Southwest, United, etc), my instructor asked "Cessna 733CP, how did your check ride go?" I replied, "Never happened, missing a stamp on my certificate." I swear there a 3-minute moment of silence on the radio when the collective hearts of the 737 pilots dropped in sadness ... until finally a Captain came on the radio and quietly mentioned his position as he checked in on the frequency. The next day I got the stamp, an apology, and rescheduled my check ride, which I passed a week later.

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meatball_the_wise@reddit

I don't think they have been stamped for last three years. Since PSL took over.

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bddgfx@reddit

Mine doesn’t have a stamp. My check ride is in 4 days. Will have my. CFI take a look.

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FlatChocolate7929@reddit (OP)

mine is in 3.5 hours & i don’t have a stamp. i’ll lyk how it goes

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bddgfx@reddit

My CFI said he’s never signed those, says the endorsement in the logbook supersedes that. Good luck!

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FlatChocolate7929@reddit (OP)

i passed 🥳 flight portion is tomorrow !

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bddgfx@reddit

Woo!! Congrats! 🎉

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gritsource@reddit

Once you earn your PPL. It is a license to learn, you are just barely safe enough.

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AreWeThereYetNo@reddit

It’s the first step. I am told it’s the most difficult one too.

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gritsource@reddit

This was years ago (1985) for my PPL. My examiner signed me off and left the airplane. He didn't latch the door (Cessna 172) I took off solo with my newly minted PPL and as I rotated, the door blew partly open (as it will if unlatched) and sucked out all of my charts. All gone. I was startled, yet I kept my cool and headed back to home base, managing to latch the friggin' door enroute (much quieter). My first lesson in flight humility.

I haven't flown in a few years - busy life. But I got my commercial and instrument ratings, taildragger endorsement, formation and formation lead ratings, Type ratings in the L-39 Albatros Jet as well as the L-29 Delfin Jet.

Good times!

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Ziegler517@reddit

Have fun, 90% of us here are in it for the love of it. You are proficient enough to be on your check ride, enjoy it

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nastyguy97@reddit

Don’t suck

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Consistent-Trick2987@reddit

“Accidentally” caress the DPEs knee when going for the flaps. They love that!

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papiperflyer@reddit

Only applicable on pipers

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pattern_altitude@reddit

Far from the only aircraft with a Johnson bar…

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papiperflyer@reddit

Ok Mr snippy my bad I didn’t know about the 1962 Cessna cumshooter limited edition with 200 in the world ever made with Johnson bar flaps like what dude?

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pattern_altitude@reddit

Just pointing out that there are a lot of aircraft other than Pipers with Johnson bars… it’s not a rare or Piper-exclusive thing.

Weird that you’re being so defensive about it.

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papiperflyer@reddit

Pipers are on top

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mav5191@reddit

Fly good, don’t suck

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Aerokirk@reddit

Don’t hit the ground until you’re supposed to, then do so softly.

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Inspi@reddit

Preferably with the gear down.

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Blythyvxr@reddit

If you do a practice forced landing, and the examiner says “what do you do if you’re too high/fast for the field you’ve planned to land in?”, the correct answer is not “pray”.

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Fentron3000@reddit

Blue side up.

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Razor_Tachyon@reddit

Don’t listen to the voices

Don’t negotiate with the voices

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Aggressive_Let2085@reddit

Also don’t tell the FAA about the voices

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Educational-Coat-750@reddit

ATC isn’t real, it can’t hurt you

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piercejay@reddit

I got a number for you to copy

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Flavourdynamics@reddit

I can't copy, I'm flying you demon

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stupefy100@reddit

Good question. Pack a parachute, shut down you engine and say it failed, and jump out

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TheGacAttack@reddit

New Checklist by RidgeWallet just dropped in the store!

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TheGacAttack@reddit

Keep a sticker labeled "INOP" in your pocket. If you think the examiner is about to fail you, just apply the INOP sticker to them first.

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FlapsupGearup@reddit

If the DPE looks at you funny and asks “are you sure” during the oral, think hard before saying yes

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TheGacAttack@reddit

100% that! That's a cue to say "let's read the regulation together and confirm."

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Random61504@reddit

And remember they could be trying to trick you, even though you're right! I nearly fell for that on my PPL ride. Still passed, but she tried.

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AreWeThereYetNo@reddit

Don’t do anything new. You’ve gone through all the training. Stick to your training.

Enjoy it. Like seriously, enjoy the flight.

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Dogfaceman_10@reddit

I failed my initial check ride because I didn't do any check turns, man was I pissed off. But those are the rules, do the check turns in your assigned airspace before proceeding with anything the examiner asks you to accomplish.

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VileInventor@reddit

tie your shoes

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dobermanDom@reddit

Eat a lot of food get there super early, eat more food,drink water, take a nice long shower in the morning, great night of rest, crank one out, and breathe, lots of breathing at a normal rate

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BjornToulouse_@reddit

Pee before you get on the plane.

And I wish you success!

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taft@reddit

clearing turns

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franziskanerdunkel@reddit

Make sure you go TO or FROM the VOR

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Katana_DV20@reddit

Take command and fly the airplane.

Aside from the aviation questions the examiner is also thinking. "Would I let my family members fly with this pilot?"

Aviate. Navigate. Communicate.

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gromm93@reddit

Your instructor thinks you're ready. Believe them.

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fatloowis@reddit

It’s ok to be nervous but don’t focus on how nervous you are. If you’re in the plane and worrying about being nervous then you aren’t fully focused on flying the plane.

Go get it!

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TheVengeful148320@reddit

Take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath. Do you trust your CFI? Because if they signed you off it means they think you'll pass. Remember the DPE is just some guy like the rest of us. This might be your big day but to him it's another check ride like he's done possibly a thousand times before, don't nearly kill him and he'll be happy, chances are he wants you to pass too.

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