IFR Check Ride is Complete
My two year IPC is complete and passed. I had very little time to prepare. However, the examiner arrived on time, the weather was pleasant, and the aircraft performed flawlessly. All told a very pleasant flight. After a thorough ground exam consisting of some random questions about emergency procedures and what if scenarious, we climed into the aircraft. The flight plan was to La Ronge. After setting up on course we simulated a diversion to Saskatoon. Along the way there were a few unusual attitudes and an attitude indicator failure to deal with. Both of those were handled but I was a few seconds slow to recognize the power reduction. It has been a while since I had done partial panel. We then activated the hold on the initial fix on the way to the ILS 09. This was followed by a difficult, turbulent, and congested approach. More cross wind and turbulence than I expected. I also ended up using the altimiter setting from my first contact with ATC and probably should have rec...
