DA40 finished

I passed my last check on the DA40!!
This was an IFR check of two hours where you fly different IFR approaches, holdings and all kinds of maneuvres.
This is how the flight looked like:
On the ground I get a simulated departure clearance from my examiner. I load all the usefull information into the GPS and request taxi. After take-off there's a short EN-route phase and then I start preparing the VOR approach into Casa Grande (I write the weather down, load the approach, give a briefing to the pilot non-flying and in the meanwhile I still try to fly the aircraft staight and level and handle the radio's)

My next flight will be a VFR flight again but on the DA42 with the emphasis on learning how twin-engines behave.
In this phase the most important thing will be how to handle engine failures (so basically we'll fly with 1 engine on a 2 engined aircraft).
There are still 20 missions to go before my official CPL check (commercial pilot license). This should be somewhere mid-December, still a lot to learn...

Grtz,
Matthias