Hey dude,
This is my advice, it wasnt so long ago i had mine....
1.)Obviously, get a real good nights sleep!
2.)Know The C152 operating handbook like the back of your hand, you will be expected to quote from memory how entire systems of the aircraft work. You should know every Vspeed for your aircraft. If you dont know something, dont guess! Tell the examiner you are not entirely sure but with reference to the POH you will find the answer.
3.)Have a good breakfast!
4.) Chew gum - this helps me greatly, chewing is supposed to optimise the brains performance somehow. others may find this strange but i think it helps!
5.)If you make a mistake - dont give up,i.e. providing you notice you have dropped in altitude, show the examiner you are immediately doing something about it.
6.) dont get yourself unnecessarily worked up and stressed! the examiner knows its a difficult situation and they do allow for some errors. (in my opinion, in you flight test, you never fly as well as you can normally due to the stress involved)
7.) Diversions... EASY! dont worry about it.
-draw a circle around your postion,
-draw a circle around your diversion airport.
-then draw a rough line between the two.
- then, take your pencil and hover it lenght ways over your track line, then carry it carefully to the nearest VOR compass rose on your chart (this gives you your heading straight away in magnetic!)
-Then (having worked out a part of your finger or hand that equals something like 5 or 10 nautical miles on your chart) count how far it is roughly from your position, to the destination.
-then, If you are flying at 90kias, approximately 2/3rds of your distance gives you your time to get there! this is the rule of thumb.
-Try to follow a highway, or river something similiar that will take you to your destination.
Diversions remember :
Circle Cirlcle Line,Heading Distance Time
8.)treat the examiner like a passenger
9.) in all excercises that you feel less sure about, write down key things to remember on your kneeboard, this will help you remember at the crucial moment.
10.) when landing, if you have a strong x-wind, do noy be afraid to request a more into wind runway, this will impress the examiner.
11.) remeber taxi control corrections for x-wind
12.) precautionary and forced landings. remember to point out to the examiner that you would sqawk 7700 if engine fails and you would change to 121.5 BEFORE transmitting the pretend distress call.
13.) if you miss an instruction or clearance form ATC DO NOT ask the examiner what was said- say to tower SAY AGAIN
Thats all i got for now, hope some of that helps
GOODLUCK! you will be fine!
Regards JV
Last edited by JohnGV; 28th October 2008 at 04:49.