On 04/01/99 07:38:06 you wrote: > >Bill: > >>Why don't you all take advantage of the FAA Wings program.. >>Just attend one certified safety meeting each year, and complete >>3 hours of training with an instructor. > > >Just completed my first Wings Phase Tuesday. My first BI-Annual >was due, a Safety program was going to be at 6A3 Monday and I was >getting checked out in another plane. So, I tied all these together. >Remember to get the blue card signed, (form that you have attend >the program) before you leave the Safety program. I didn't do this >step. I've contacted the FSDO to get as signature. > >It's a good deal and the three hours with the instructor really >help with the skill level. I'm not a IFR pilot, but really >enjoyed that part of it. Now I'm going to start to work on >my IFR rating. > >Jack >6A3 Andrews-Murphy, NC > > >
The ONLY problem that I have had with the Wings program is some conflicting information re: the biennial flight review. If you keep up with the Wings program, it satisfies this requirement. What I had been doing was noting in my log when I completed each phase of the program and received my certificate. At an aviation safety briefing a few months ago, the speaker said that you had to note on the Wings form that you would like this phase to satisfy your review. The FSDO would send a sticker to be placed in your log attesting to this. I called the FSDO and they said they do no such thing, and suggested that I have the last instructor who gave me dual and signed my form to sign off in my log as a flight review. This isn't always easy to do, because you may have 3 different instructors sign (one for each hour of dual), and that last one may not want to sign off because he (or she) hasn't seen everything that he (or she) feels is necessary for this review. Luckily, this time, it was the same instructor for all 3 hrs., and he signed off in my log for my flight review. What do the CFIs or FAA examiners on this list say about this? Michael J. Nutt Warren, MI
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