{"id":16476,"date":"2014-06-30T15:32:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16476"},"modified":"2014-06-30T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T22:32:42","slug":"passed-my-check-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16476\/passed-my-check-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Passed my Check Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in January, I wrote here about taking private pilot lessons<\/a>. My post was inspired by one Greg wrote in December about mastering something difficult this year.<\/a> Earlier this month I took an oral exam and then check ride with an designated examiner for the FAA, and I passed!<\/p>\n

The next day, I piled my wife and a little bit of luggage into my Piper Cherokee, and took off for the coast. An hour and 15 minutes later, I was down at Ocracoke<\/a>, part of the Outer Banks that would ordinarily take someone 6 hours or so to get to by car from Raleigh. <\/p>\n

My wife and I got a lift to the local pub – really, the only one worth considering on Ocracoke – where I ordered a non-alcohol beverage and we got some shrimp and burgers, before flying south\/southeast along the coast to Beaufort, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

It was a ton of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in January, I wrote here about taking private pilot lessons. My post was inspired by one Greg wrote in December about mastering something difficult this year. Earlier this month I took an oral exam and then check ride with an designated examiner for the FAA, and I passed! 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