andrew phillips
Well Known Member
It's 5:30 am (8:30 am my east coast time)here with nothing to do so I thought I would post a report. Started training yesterday. I am a low time pilot (130 hrs). Mike has been great. He is the fourth instructor I have flown with in the past 3 years. He is very thorough and comfortable to fly with. Flying the RV (my first time in any RV) has proven to be fun. I am having to learn the C/S prop on top of the regular flight stuff. I am amazed at how fast the plane is. My regular rental is so different from the RV. The handling is great although I did notice more yaw in turbulence. The key point seems to be the nose wheel and keeping it off the ground on both take off and landing. Not hard to do but definitely requires practice to do it well. This training has already made me feel more confident about flying my own plane when it is finally ready, hopefully in October. The area that the training is done in is beautiful and Mike can set you up w/ a room in a very nice B&B almost walking distance from the airport. A great experience so far and I would highly recommend this training to anybody in a similar situation. It will be money well spent.