Check Ride Prep #1, and Written Exam

I passed my written exam this morning! With flying colors (heh) no less! 97% -- I missed 2 questions out of 60. It wasn't without its share of turmoil; I'd forgotten my log book at home, but they were nice enough to let me take the test if I faxed them the endorsement later today, which I did. The test was done on a computer, but thankfully they had a hard copy of all the figures to refer to (looking at charts on a computer is hard). I'm not sure which 2 I'd missed; between my Gleim FAA Test Prep book and the awesome website 4VFR.com, I'd seen all the questions before except one. I probably missed that one. Doesn't matter, as Kevin says, if I get 100%, the FAA examiner will think I'm "some kind of wise guy."

Yesterday I had my first check ride prep lesson. Looks like things will be pretty straight forward; the hardest part (other than short field landings) was learning operations at Reid Hillview Airport, where I will park and pick up the examiner. We reviewed stalls, slow flight and steep turns -- my maneuvers are always so much better with Kevin in the plane. I'm going to go out this weekend and practice a bit though, just to get it back in my brain.

In another stroke of extreme luck, I was assigned my final phase check instructor today -- I got Chris, the instructor who had subbed for Kevin when he was gone! This is great; I really trust Chris to be honest with me and not be a jerk about it.

Things are in motion. My next check ride prep will be _next_ Thursday; scheduling is not working out until then but it's just as well as I could use the time for solo flying.