PP – ASEL – IR
That title is FAA abbreviations for pilot certification.
PP – Private Pilot
ASEL – Airplane, Single Engine, Land
(I already had those two)
Today I added “IR” – Instrument Rated. This allows me to fly in clouds and bad weather (though not too bad in the little planes that I fly).
I wrote up the whole story in pilotese here.
Instrument Written Test
Yesterday, I took the FAA Instrument Airplane Written Test, in preparation for my checkride to get that rating.
I got a 95%. Passing is 70%. Reportedly, 95% is pretty good. It’s a really tough test – LOTS of stuff to learn.
The next step is to get 1.6 more hours checkride preparation with my instructor. Between joining a new church, family stuff, other life stuff and weather my instructor and I have only flown together twice in the last 2 months. You have to have 3.0 hours in the last 60 days, so I have to fly with him again.
Then, I’ll probably do my checkride in January. There’s a TINY chance of doing it before New Year’s.