Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
At the departure end of the runway, he turned crosswind and continued to the outside downwind, approximately two miles west of the inside downwind. This was excellent training and good practice for the students final checkride, which was flown as an out-and-back sortie to an airfield they may have never before seen.
Air Facts
JULY 15, 2024
I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. More likely it’s random.
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Pilot Institute
MARCH 7, 2025
Here are the areas you should read up on: Landing irregularities : Information on crosswind landings will help you escape a tight situation and get back on the ground safely. At these heights, you could get into turbulence and gusty crosswinds. Well, it typically goes the same way your checkride does.
AV Web
JANUARY 22, 2025
Twenty-five percent of stalls during go-arounds, 40 percent of those during takeoff or climb to pattern altitude, and 54 percent of those on all legs of the pattern between the crosswind turn and final approach were fatal, according to the AOPA/ASI report. A little more than half of these rare stalls were fatal.
Air Facts
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation. Checkrides are serious business, and failures can results in termination.
Northstar VFR
APRIL 21, 2024
So, knock out that Commercial checkride, and hopefully in a relatively fast timeline, start on the CFI prep. I know many students who did a simple 10 hours or so in the right seat and went into their checkride. Remember, once you take your checkride and pass, you can legally start instructing right away. Pretty straightforward.
Air Facts
MAY 15, 2024
A related point is that flight training isn’t something you can fake; there are real checkrides and real consequences for not meeting standards. Good luck cheating on the crosswind landing portion of your Private checkride, much less a type rating checkride.
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