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rene(at)felker.com
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 Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: Pilot Proficiency vs RV10 'flyability' |
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After 6 hours of transition training, I did my first flight in Curious
George. I would want to have it any other way. It was my airplane.....
I am one of those pilots that rates himself as below average....I also suck
at sports....but I am confident in my skills. My first flight was exciting
and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
Flights of memory in my life.... in order
1. First flight in airplane (teenage friends dad's tripacer out of a hay
field)
2. First flight in my RV-10
3. PPL check ride (note not my first flight after......)
4. Ride in backseat of an F-15 (WOW)
Note my number one......any Utah EAA members that want to do Young Eagle
flights on Saturday, I was told last night that Chapter 58 has 60 kids
signed up and expect more. They are doing it in conjunction with chapter 23
and the flights will be out of Ogden (KOGD) -- in conjunction with the B-17
flights. (Sorry about the semi ad) I will be there in my RV-10, last year
Scott was there also. I know I did four flights...12 passengers and hope to
get in 5 or 6 this year.
Rene' Felker
RV-10 N423CF Flying
801-721-6080
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: Pilot Proficiency vs RV10 'flyability' |
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Unless someone is a real low time pilot, I can't imagine
not doing my own first flight. Some may call that crazy,
but I found it to be a magical and special time. My
thought is, if you aren't prepared to do your first flight,
you should probably prepare yourself....get some additional
training, or ask for 5 or 10 more hours of transition training,
or do whatever you need to do to prepare. If you have done
a good job flying with one of the transition training
folk, you won't have any big problem with yours as long
as you don't have a mechanical issue. And, it's also your
job to do a good job building so that you can minimize
your chances of mechanical issues. Most things are
preventable, and having a few experienced sets of eyes
inspect things with you can minimize your mechanical
problems too. To date, I've never had the experience
of watching my RV-10 depart from the earth without me
in the front seat, let alone the airplane.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
Rene Felker wrote:
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After 6 hours of transition training, I did my first flight in Curious
George. I would want to have it any other way. It was my airplane.....
I am one of those pilots that rates himself as below average....I also suck
at sports....but I am confident in my skills. My first flight was exciting
and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
Flights of memory in my life.... in order
1. First flight in airplane (teenage friends dad's tripacer out of a hay
field)
2. First flight in my RV-10
3. PPL check ride (note not my first flight after......)
4. Ride in backseat of an F-15 (WOW)
Note my number one......any Utah EAA members that want to do Young Eagle
flights on Saturday, I was told last night that Chapter 58 has 60 kids
signed up and expect more. They are doing it in conjunction with chapter 23
and the flights will be out of Ogden (KOGD) -- in conjunction with the B-17
flights. (Sorry about the semi ad) I will be there in my RV-10, last year
Scott was there also. I know I did four flights...12 passengers and hope to
get in 5 or 6 this year.
Rene' Felker
RV-10 N423CF Flying
801-721-6080
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gengrumpy(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: Pilot Proficiency vs RV10 'flyability' |
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I agree with Tim.
I wouldn't have let anyone else do the first flight!
grumpy
N184JM
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On May 28, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Tim Olson wrote:
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Unless someone is a real low time pilot, I can't imagine
not doing my own first flight. Some may call that crazy,
but I found it to be a magical and special time. My
thought is, if you aren't prepared to do your first flight,
you should probably prepare yourself....get some additional
training, or ask for 5 or 10 more hours of transition training,
or do whatever you need to do to prepare. If you have done
a good job flying with one of the transition training
folk, you won't have any big problem with yours as long
as you don't have a mechanical issue. And, it's also your
job to do a good job building so that you can minimize
your chances of mechanical issues. Most things are
preventable, and having a few experienced sets of eyes
inspect things with you can minimize your mechanical
problems too. To date, I've never had the experience
of watching my RV-10 depart from the earth without me
in the front seat, let alone the airplane.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
Rene Felker wrote:
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> After 6 hours of transition training, I did my first flight in
> Curious
> George. I would want to have it any other way. It was my
> airplane.....
> I am one of those pilots that rates himself as below average....I
> also suck
> at sports....but I am confident in my skills. My first flight was
> exciting
> and I will remember it for the rest of my life. Flights of memory
> in my life.... in order 1. First flight in airplane (teenage
> friends dad's tripacer out of a hay
> field)
> 2. First flight in my RV-10 3. PPL check ride (note not my first
> flight after......)
> 4. Ride in backseat of an F-15 (WOW)
> Note my number one......any Utah EAA members that want to do Young
> Eagle
> flights on Saturday, I was told last night that Chapter 58 has 60
> kids
> signed up and expect more. They are doing it in conjunction with
> chapter 23
> and the flights will be out of Ogden (KOGD) -- in conjunction with
> the B-17
> flights. (Sorry about the semi ad) I will be there in my RV-10,
> last year
> Scott was there also. I know I did four flights...12 passengers
> and hope to
> get in 5 or 6 this year.
> Rene' Felker
> RV-10 N423CF Flying
> 801-721-6080
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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: Pilot Proficiency vs RV10 'flyability' |
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Tim, I agree ..... My Pitts is 28 years old ...... and it's never gone
flying with me on the ground!!!
When I took my first flight, I'm not sure if I was really prepared, or
just in denial, but my Pitts landings turned out to be a non-event.
Fast forward 13 years later .... and I did an outside 1/2 loop on a
landing at Sun-n-fun. Formal training probably would have prevented
that because (as Curtis Pitts told me)I didn't know how to properly land
it!! It was an embarrassing and expensive education, but I'm still here
to relate.
For me, that first flight probably ranks up there with my wedding day,
kids and grandkids being born ...... put your big moments here.
Linn
Tim Olson wrote:
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Unless someone is a real low time pilot, I can't imagine
not doing my own first flight. Some may call that crazy,
but I found it to be a magical and special time. My
thought is, if you aren't prepared to do your first flight,
you should probably prepare yourself....get some additional
training, or ask for 5 or 10 more hours of transition training,
or do whatever you need to do to prepare. If you have done
a good job flying with one of the transition training
folk, you won't have any big problem with yours as long
as you don't have a mechanical issue. And, it's also your
job to do a good job building so that you can minimize
your chances of mechanical issues. Most things are
preventable, and having a few experienced sets of eyes
inspect things with you can minimize your mechanical
problems too. To date, I've never had the experience
of watching my RV-10 depart from the earth without me
in the front seat, let alone the airplane.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
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Deems Davis
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Posts: 925
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:23 pm Post subject: Pilot Proficiency vs RV10 'flyability' |
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I'll second what Tim said about the 1st flight in _your_ airplane, that
_you_ built. After 2 'false starts' at homebuilding, and delaying the
build for 25 years while the family grew and I attended to work. I don't
think there were too many nights when I went to bed that I didn't dream
about 'My 1st flight'. Strangely perhaps, a large part of the motivation
for building this airplane centered around that 1st trip down the
runway. I took 8.5 hours of Transition from Mike S. Had the opportunity
to fly another 2-3 hours in friends RV-10's. After dreaming about 'the
day' I'll admit to a whole bag of mixed emotions, anxiety being one of
the most dominant. When I pushed in the throttle pulled the stick back
and the plane just sort of magically levitated...... My 1st thought was
.. Oh good I'm not going to die today ! As the engine & prop kept on
turning and the plane kept on climbing. The flood of joy, frequently
referred to as 'THE GRIN' swept its way through me. I orbited above the
airport for several circuits, trying REALLY hard to focus on temps, and
guages. Nonetheless I apparently missed at least one call from the
tower. I can vaguely remember the landing (I think) but in a couple more
months that will fade. The 1st TO however is etched permanently, and
while the event is now behind me, I relive it nearly every night just
before the last conscious thought of the day passes. With luck I'll have
that moment to carry with me for another 25 years.
Deems Davis
N519PJ 31.3 hrs and counting
Save us a place in the RV10 parking row (at) OSH 
Tim Olson wrote:
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Unless someone is a real low time pilot, I can't imagine
not doing my own first flight. Some may call that crazy,
but I found it to be a magical and special time. My
thought is, if you aren't prepared to do your first flight,
you should probably prepare yourself....get some additional
training, or ask for 5 or 10 more hours of transition training,
or do whatever you need to do to prepare. If you have done
a good job flying with one of the transition training
folk, you won't have any big problem with yours as long
as you don't have a mechanical issue. And, it's also your
job to do a good job building so that you can minimize
your chances of mechanical issues. Most things are
preventable, and having a few experienced sets of eyes
inspect things with you can minimize your mechanical
problems too. To date, I've never had the experience
of watching my RV-10 depart from the earth without me
in the front seat, let alone the airplane.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
Rene Felker wrote:
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> After 6 hours of transition training, I did my first flight in Curious
> George. I would want to have it any other way. It was my airplane.....
>
> I am one of those pilots that rates himself as below average....I
> also suck
> at sports....but I am confident in my skills. My first flight was
> exciting
> and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
> Flights of memory in my life.... in order
> 1. First flight in airplane (teenage friends dad's tripacer out of a
> hay
> field)
> 2. First flight in my RV-10 3. PPL check ride (note not my first
> flight after......)
> 4. Ride in backseat of an F-15 (WOW)
>
> Note my number one......any Utah EAA members that want to do Young Eagle
> flights on Saturday, I was told last night that Chapter 58 has 60 kids
> signed up and expect more. They are doing it in conjunction with
> chapter 23
> and the flights will be out of Ogden (KOGD) -- in conjunction with
> the B-17
> flights. (Sorry about the semi ad) I will be there in my RV-10, last
> year
> Scott was there also. I know I did four flights...12 passengers and
> hope to
> get in 5 or 6 this year.
>
> Rene' Felker
> RV-10 N423CF Flying
> 801-721-6080
>
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