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pilotman767
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I am finally a private pilot!!

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It is with great pride and excitement that I can finally announce that I have passed my PPL Checkride today and am now officially a private pilot!
It's been a wild ride, but well worth it. I am grateful for the incredible support I've had from my family and friends from the start, and the help, advice, and guidance from my flight instructors throughout my journey.

I can't wait to start taking my friends up for scenic flights around my home city (Denver, CO) and continuing on with an instrument rating!
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A Huge Congrats on your PPL! Glad to hear of your success.
Well, Back to Flying,
Monica

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Congratulations, Pilotman!

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pilotman767 wrote:It is with great pride and excitement that I can finally announce that I have passed my PPL Checkride today and am now officially a private pilot!
It's been a wild ride, but well worth it. I am grateful for the incredible support I've had from my family and friends from the start, and the help, advice, and guidance from my flight instructors throughout my journey.

I can't wait to start taking my friends up for scenic flights around my home city (Denver, CO) and continuing on with an instrument rating!
Congratulations and welcome to the community. I see you are flying out of Denver. I will now offer you the two most important words you will be using as you enjoy your new certificate............................."DENSITY ALTITUDE!".
Have a great time up there and again, kudos on passing the check ride and gaining the PPL.
Dudley Henriques

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DHenriquesA2A wrote:
pilotman767 wrote:It is with great pride and excitement that I can finally announce that I have passed my PPL Checkride today and am now officially a private pilot!
It's been a wild ride, but well worth it. I am grateful for the incredible support I've had from my family and friends from the start, and the help, advice, and guidance from my flight instructors throughout my journey.

I can't wait to start taking my friends up for scenic flights around my home city (Denver, CO) and continuing on with an instrument rating!
Congratulations and welcome to the community. I see you are flying out of Denver. I will now offer you the two most important words you will be using as you enjoy your new certificate............................."DENSITY ALTITUDE!".
Have a great time up there and again, kudos on passing the check ride and gaining the PPL.
Dudley Henriques
Yessir! I've seen the density altitude reach over 10,000 here in the summer :shock: I will be careful. Safety is number 1, number 2, and number 3! :)
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Congratulations pilotman767! You'll remember this day forever...getting your license to learn!
Cheers,
Randall

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pilotman767 wrote:
DHenriquesA2A wrote:
pilotman767 wrote:It is with great pride and excitement that I can finally announce that I have passed my PPL Checkride today and am now officially a private pilot!
It's been a wild ride, but well worth it. I am grateful for the incredible support I've had from my family and friends from the start, and the help, advice, and guidance from my flight instructors throughout my journey.

I can't wait to start taking my friends up for scenic flights around my home city (Denver, CO) and continuing on with an instrument rating!
Congratulations and welcome to the community. I see you are flying out of Denver. I will now offer you the two most important words you will be using as you enjoy your new certificate............................."DENSITY ALTITUDE!".
Have a great time up there and again, kudos on passing the check ride and gaining the PPL.
Dudley Henriques
Yessir! I've seen the density altitude reach over 10,000 here in the summer :shock: I will be careful. Safety is number 1, number 2, and number 3! :)
:-))
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Congratulations on getting your wings! Good job. I hope you'll have many happy flights!

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Congratulations!! It's such a huge accomplishment. Enjoy your new wings!
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Congratulations!

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Congrats.
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Congrats, and now you are truly "pilotman" :)
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iefbr14
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Also my best congratulations. I've got mine 6 month ago, and I can promise, the wonderful feeling of this day still can be topped, when you finally have the paper in your hands, and step into the aircraft for your first flight after :)

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Allways blue skies and happy landings,

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Congratulations man! Welcome to the world of being a pilot. It is expensive but quite intoxicating! I am also happy you did your PPL in a mountainous area and learned to respect the beast. Like you I did my training in a mountainous area and really learned to respect what density altitude will do to a plane.

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TJ
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Congrats! Look forward to hearing about your adventures in the big blue 8)
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