Me and Kristian had the oral exam together which lasted for about one hour. Kristian flew first, so I got a question to ponder over while they were out flying. I tried to figure out a good explanation to the problem by sketching down some drawings, which I felt worked as an answer. When I presented my solution to Fred he told me: "Good try, but no!". Fortunately you can't bust on these questions as they are only given to keep the student busy while Fred is out flying. None of the instructors knew the answer either. Fred has alot of fun with these questions.

The flight was almost the same as usual. I took off from Conway a little before 12, got my IFR Clearance from Myrtle Beach and flew to Grand Strand. There I did the VOR 5 with holding. After one round in holding he told me to shoot the approach. This was done partial panel which means simulated vacuumfailure, which again means that I have to fly using the compass (which is only displaying correct heading when the airplane is level). The approach ended in missed approach which measn that I didn't land, but had to abort the approach because the simulated ceiling or visibility was too low. After that I did the vectored ILS 23 at Grand Strand. This too ended in missed approach.

Then I flew back to Conway where I did the NDB A and landed safely. Luckily I didn't have to do partial panel NDB holding, cause that's not fun to do at all. Fred didn't say anything about how things had gone before we were back in his office and he got out his pad of "Temporary Airman Certificate".

This was the last obstacle before the Christmas Vacation. I rounded 150 hours a couple of days ago, and my next goal is to complete the 50 hours of SPIC before I go home for Christmas. This means I have a little over 50 hours to complete when I return after Christmas if everything goes as planned. It's less than one month till I fly HOME!