gerrychuck
Well Known Member
This morning I stood in front of my hangar and watched my RV start up, taxi away and take off without me. This is a first since I bought it in 2011 and was not easy for me! In the left seat was my son, who is a military instructor pilot in the Harvard II (T6) and has 100 hours in the T38. In the right seat, checking him out, was my friend Brett (Laser) Glaeser, who has 100 RV hours, 4 years in the Snowbirds, 6 years as a jet instructor on the BAE Hawk, 7 years as a Hornet pilot, and now flies right seat in a 737. In other words, they are both immensely superior to me in terms of pilot skills and experience, but it was still ridiculously hard to watch that plane take off and disappear without me!
All went very well with the flight (except for an idiot skydive pilot who attempted to have a midair with them in the pattern, but that discussion is a whole 'nother story), and they quickly reset the g-meter on landing to eliminate evidence of any bad behaviour, and there is now another fully insured and qualified RV driver in the family. I'm over it.
All went very well with the flight (except for an idiot skydive pilot who attempted to have a midair with them in the pattern, but that discussion is a whole 'nother story), and they quickly reset the g-meter on landing to eliminate evidence of any bad behaviour, and there is now another fully insured and qualified RV driver in the family. I'm over it.