Matt Dralle
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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 Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject: RV Transition Training w/ Mike Seager - Day 3 - Session 4... |
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By the time the afternoon session on Friday rolled around, the weather was looking pretty good. Still cloudy, but clouds were fairly high - around 3500ft - and the wind wasn't blowing too bad. We got back in the RV-7 and took off and headed West toward the Astoria airport out on the coast. We shot a number of stop and go landings here and then headed out to the Oregon Coastline proper at about 800 feet. I got some great pictures from plane as we were flying along. It was amazingly beautiful and I commented to Mike that there are very few people that have had the opportunity to experience the beauty of the coastline from that perspective. Spectacular.
We shot a full stop landing at the Seaside Airport (56S) and then headed down the coast a bit further to the Nehalem Bay State Airport (3S7) and shot a landing there as well. From there we headed back to Vernonia where I managed to squeak out yet another pretty good landing!
All toll across the 2 days and 4 sessions, I flew 6.0 hours with Mike and made 34 takeoffs and landings. I have to say that I feel much more confident now in the RV. I absolutely cannot recommend this experience highly enough to anyone who is getting ready to fly an RV for the first or near the first time. Whether its for an insurance requirement or not, you cannot afford to not take the time to learn the specifics of flying an RV aircraft. Particularly if you only have Cessna or Piper time, but even if you have a fair amount of tail-dragger time in aircraft such as the Citibria like I did. The training is invaluable and frankly a must.
I also cannot speak highly enough of Mike Seager. What a pleasure it was flying with him these last two days. His years of experience really shows and his calm, yet firm manner was perfect for the task at hand. If you are about ready to fly your RV, give Mike a call and schedule some time to get checked out. You won't be sorry you did. I told Mike as I was handing him the check for his effort, "You know Mike, this was the best money I've spent on my RV-8 project", and I truly meant that.
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Matt Dralle
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