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Flight Chops: Do the Pre-Check Ride Butterflies Ever Go Away?

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Key Takeaways:

  • Flight Chops (Steve Thorne) earned his multi-engine rating in 2017, documenting the journey in his first 2018 video series.
  • He experienced significant pre-check ride stress, similar to his initial private pilot checkride, as this was his first flight test in over 15 years.
  • Flight Chops is also running a January contest, inviting submissions of fascinating aviation stories for a chance to be featured in an episode.
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For his first video of 2018, Flight Chops (AKA Steve Thorne) is conducting a sort of victory lap for what he says is probably his best accomplishment of 2017. The feat? “Actually starting and finishing something.” We all know how good that can feel. More specifically, he earned his multi engine rating, and now his followers can tag along in the latest episode.

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