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bryanflood

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 9

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: First Flight N95BF

Hi,



Well after almost 6 years of building another RV has flown

and returned to earth safely. The first flight of my RV-9A occurred

last Friday night about 6 pm lasted a ½ hour. The flight was nearly

perfect, except I landed slightly on the brakes, which seem to be

working quite well. Anyway, for the record I wanted to say how

valuable I found transition training to be. I did transition

training with Dan Cunningham in Decatur Alabama in his RV-9A. First

off Dan was great. I had to get 5 hours for insurance but only had

one day to fly. Dan really worked hard to make sure I got all the

time I needed, which involved taking several breaks and going for a

nice lunch. I was pretty tired after that big day of flying, but

what a difference it made in my ability to handle the airplane. When

I took off on the first flight of my plane the training proved

invaluable. At no point during the first flight did I have to

question my ability to land b/c I had already landed Dan's plane a

bunch of times. The pressure was completely off. I thought the first

flight would be shear terror, but it wasn't. About 2 seconds after

the plane lifted off the ground and was clearly controllable the

rest of the flight was a pure joy. I really do contribute this to

training, having experience in the type was everything for me.

Before the first flight I reasoned that if the plane would perform

flawlessly on the first flight I could probably take the flight w/o

transition training. You know spend time feeling it out, slowly

finding the stall buffet, estimating an approach speed and what not.

As it turns out the first flight was flawless, and I did get to the

stall buffet and found that the numbers were exactly the same as

Dan's plane. So I knew all the information I needed before I even

took off. That was very reassuring, but in the case of an emergency

it would have been invaluable. If everything hadn't gone exactly

perfect it occurs to me that I would not only had an idea of the

emergency procedures but actually had done them. Again training with

Dan was probably one of the best decisions I made during the whole

project. I would highly recommend Dan Cunningham's training,

especially if you have an RV-9A and want to get time in the model.

Dectaur Alabama is a nice town, the airport is nice and clean (and

long), the people are friendly (the airport dog even more friendly),

and not that long of a drive or a flight from anyplace when you

consider how close it is to Huntsville. Anyway thanks Dan! And good

luck to all of you in RV land.



Bryan Flood

N95BF (0.6 hours)

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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: First Flight N95BF

Bryan,



CONGRATULATIONS  and  WELL DONE !!



Chuck & Dave Rowbotham

RV-8A

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		  From: "Bryan Flood" <bryanflood(at)hotmail.com>

Subject: First Flight N95BF

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:59:33 -0500



Well after almost 6 years of building another RV has flown

and returned to earth safely. The first flight of my RV-9A occurred

last Friday night about 6 pm lasted a ½ hour.


	


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N95BF (0.6 hours)

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