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07-14-2017, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: League city, TX
Posts: 544
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Good Pitts instructor
So as I keep pounding rivets on the RV, I have an opportunity to do some flying in a Single seat Pitts. With about 400hrs in Cubs, Citabrias, and a Stinson I'm looking to get some dual in a Pitts before even attempting to taxi by my self. I know Finnegan, Davisson and J White are the gurus but the cost and time to travel is outside of the question right now. Does anyone have any intel on a good Pitts instructor around the Houston or Dallas area. Thanks all!
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07-14-2017, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ
Posts: 2,390
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Pitts
Harvey and Rihn near Houston, last I heard their S2B was not airworthy but that was some time ago. The people at Aero Country are not recommended.
Dagmar Kress in Denver area has an S2C and has been flying the Pitts for 30 plus years. Call EAA and ask for the IAC person. They keep a list that should be up to date and should have Dagmar's contact info.
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07-14-2017, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ
Posts: 2,390
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Pitts
Dagmar 303-887-4473 Centennial Airport
H&R Laporte 281-471-1675
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07-14-2017, 03:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 1,014
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Equinox Instruction
There is a guy flying out of Pogue airport (just west of Tulsa) who has a Pitts 12 and does aerobatic instruction, he also has some time in RV's instructing a new RV-6 driver. His name is Homer at (918) 271-1099. I have no direct experience with him, just have chatted to him a few times.
Your mileage may vary.
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07-14-2017, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ
Posts: 2,390
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Instruction
Certified aircraft only for instruction unless you do it for free or have approval for transition training.
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07-14-2017, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pine Junction, CO
Posts: 655
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jrs14855
Certified aircraft only for instruction unless you do it for free or have approval for transition training.
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I guess FREE is the operative word here. You can get instruction all day long in an RV, specially if it is yours, without breaking any FAA regs. You just can't rent an RV, like a you would a Cessna, for flight training.
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Pine Junction, Colorado
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07-14-2017, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 452
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zilik
I guess FREE is the operative word here. You can get instruction all day long in an RV, specially if it is yours, without breaking any FAA regs. You just can't rent an RV, like a you would a Cessna, for flight training.
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Nobody's doing free instruction in a Pitts 12 that burns 40 GPH at full power, Experimental certification notwithstanding. |
07-14-2017, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 1,301
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I gave, as in no charge, transition training in my RV-9A. The feds say I can't charge for the airplane, and if I'd charged for my time as a CFI, likely the feds would have claimed I was charging for the airplane. But the insurance policy says that I can't charge for anything. So do your homework, folks...
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Previously RV-4, RV-8, RV-8A, AirCam, Cessna 175
ATP CFII PhD, so I have no excuses when I screw up
2020 dues slightly overpaid
Retired - "They used to pay me to be good, now I'm good for nothing."
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07-14-2017, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 97
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Originally Posted by jrs14855
The people at Aero Country are not recommended.
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Really? I used them for tail wheel instruction about a year ago and everything was great. Maybe I just had a good instructor?
http://tail-wheel.com
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RV7A - Aero Country T31
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07-14-2017, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ
Posts: 2,390
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Aero Country
Quote:
Originally Posted by PixelWorker
Really? I used them for tail wheel instruction about a year ago and everything was great. Maybe I just had a good instructor?
http://tail-wheel.com |
A local has described them on another forum as unreliable. Don't answer the phone, return messages etc. |
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