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> My question is does the hood make for better training than foggles?
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That is another one of those, "It all depends". I wear bifocals.
There ain't no way I could cheat...<:-)). Besides, the instructor put me
through near 10 hours of actual prior to taking the ride.

I did not notice any difference between wearing foggles and flying in
actual.
Your mileage may vary depending on if you've been peaking.

> BTW, I have schedule my retake on 3/16. My instructor is planning on
> performing the rest of my training with the hood just so that I feel
> comfortable on the check ride. I think if I can get over the initial
shock
> from her comment about the hood/foggles, I should have no problems passing
> the test this time.

I think her comment was pure BS meant to rattle you.
The DE let me wear foggles on the check ride. However I asked ahead and he
said fine as long as I didn't cheat...I told him looking through the bottom
of bifocals at things in the distance is only good for eye strain. He was
quite happy with my performance. He also let me use my Garmin gps map 195
for situational awareness. Again with the crevat that I fly the instruments
and not the 195.

I'd point out the instruemtnts, interpet them and then go to the GPS to
verify what I'd said. He approved of that procedure.
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BTW, I explained "everything" I did as if I were talking to myself. That way
he knew what I was thinking. If I was a bit off course, he knew I knew and
he knew what I planned on doing about it before I ever did it and he knew my
reasoning for doing what I did. Being as we had one whale of a wind and a
rough ride, I did a lot of explaining. <:-))

I even caught the tower clearing me for a circle to land in the wrong spot.
I knew what to expect. Besides, I didn't want to be circling right in the
middle of departing traffic. It didn't sound right so I questioned it.
(actually I knew it wasn't right)

We even got to fly a DME arc in high winds. Worked too.

--
Roger (K8RI EN73)
WWW.RogerHalstead.com
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair? S#CD-2

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