Single engine flying complete

Yesterday I had my PT2, which is the last test that is carried out in the single engine PA28-161 Warrior. The test requires you to track towards an NDB, enter the hold as published, fly the hold then fly the approach to the airfield. All of this is done with the foggles in place, so you are flying on instruments only - making it pretty tricky. Once at the missed approach point you fly the missed approach procedure then the examiner gives you further instructions so you can carry out some instrument procedures. For this part of the test the examiner covers over some of your instruments and asks you to carry out some turns using just a compass, then takes control and puts the aircraft in an unusual attitude while you look away - then asks you to recover. Experience some pretty good G-forces while doing that, it's good fun.
Anyhoo, that all went well and I'm pleased to say I passed with a good mark, so am now finished flying the Warrior. I've changed instructor again, and now the CFI himself is my instructor (he was also my examiner yersterday). This morning I had my first lesson in the Seneca sim, going through the new checklist procedures and what not. Dispatch for some reason had me scheduled for a solo sim at 20:00 instead of 08:00, and a solo flight in the airplane at 21:30 instead of 09:30. Would have been interesting, my first ever flight in a Seneca done solo at night.... useless muppets.
My session in the sim went pretty well - it's considerably trickier to get the take-off roll right due to the imbalance between two engines, but once airborne things went pretty well. After the sim we headed out to the aircraft and carried out pre-flight, but the actual flight has been delayed due to Tom being needed in a meeting. There's a new instructor just joined here and he will be spending time back-seating my flights, so I showed him around the place for a while before heading back to the crew room to get a coffee and update my blog.

Back on the home front things are ok. We went to the 'trunk-or-treat' for Halloween the other night, Georgia had a great time scaring people into giving her candy.
One nice things G has just started doing is copying our parenting techniques. If I ask her to do something and she refuses I tell her I will count to 5 then help her to do it. Last night I had my PSP and she wanted it - so she said "Dadd, share! Count three - one, two, three, go!"
I was laughing so much, I can't believe she could have picked up on that and be sooooo cheeky! She must get that from me :-)

Well, I need to go read some more about the Seneca and hopefully take to the skies soon!

Laters

S.