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10 Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Questions and How to Answer Them

Northstar VFR

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI My checkrides have always had at least one element of surprise to them. On my Commercial checkride, this happened during the oral exam. About halfway through the conversation, the examiner started asking about the pitot-static system. The FAA isn’t out to get you on your checkride.

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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

After all, I had just aced my checkride. I filed my IFR flight plan, received a clearance and took off into the gray winter sky. We entered the holding pattern over Jeff City, flew two circuits and finally received our approach clearance. In my mind, I had been well trained and was fully prepared to take on the IFR system.

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