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Old 11-18-2017, 04:26 PM
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Default Transition training and Mike Seager

I learned to fly in the military (thank you for your tax dollars!) In military flight training your ability as a pilot and the manner in which you completed the last maneuver is clearly vocalized with vigor and in no uncertain terms. Therefore you developed a thick skin, listened and learned; trying not to make the same mistake again.

Flying with Mike Seager could not have been further from that environment. He does communicate what was wrong and what needs to be changed but in a gentle, many times funny way; but always in a clear manner. And he manages to keep raising the bar to keep you challenged. If you are building a RV I strongly suggest you consider scheduling some time with Mike. My insurance company wanted five hours, I scheduled ten and we flew a little over eight. The November weather in Oregon can limit your flying so pick a better month.

It was some of the best flight training I have received in a long time.
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Old 11-18-2017, 04:36 PM
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Mike gave me RV instruction 20 yrs ago and I've sent people to him ever since.
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Old 11-18-2017, 06:13 PM
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Couldn't agree more, plus Oregon is beautiful especially in an RV. You can also catch large crayfish in the river by Mike's airport by hand. An 8 year old showed me and my wife how to do it!!
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Old 11-18-2017, 06:13 PM
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One of Mike's cardinal instructions is to hold the stick fully back while taxiing an A model. During training I frustrated Mike to the point where he said "you're mighty lazy on the stick, aren't you" .

Don't believe I've made that mistake again and to this day I can hear his quiet voice when I am taxiing.
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Old 11-19-2017, 04:01 PM
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The biggest compliment from Mike is silence. He speaks up if you forgot something. The first pattern I flew when he said nothing was the first one I got right.
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Old 11-20-2017, 08:56 PM
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I did my TW in the 7, then later my 10 transition w Mike Seager. One of the coolest guys around. He still takes the occasional call from me for advice. I learned a ton from him and couldnt recommend him enough. He's good people!

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Old 11-21-2017, 11:43 AM
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Flying with Mike during my RV-7 transition training was great. Awesome experience to fly with someone who has something like 15,000 hrs of tailwheel time.

Vernonia, is a neat place to fly into as well and definitely added another challenge on top of just trying to learn a new airplane. Here's a video of one of my approach and landings into 05S during my transition training.

https://youtu.be/CyVTZ5Yf5TY

My favorite comment: "little bit of power to keep us up off them trees". Yep, getting into the trees would be bad!
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Old 11-21-2017, 12:53 PM
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Love the video! I'm hoping to set something up first of the year. I've never been to Oregon so going to make a few days of it and hopefully even check out the Vans factory.
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Old 11-21-2017, 03:34 PM
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My friend went to France on a trip. He is a Pitts guy. He saw that the local flying club had a cap 10 and that they gave aerobatic instruction. So he signed up for a ride. He is French Canadian so no problem with language.

The style of instruction was....unique. He is no slouch as an aerobatics guy, but if he didn't feed in the rudder just right, or something minor, he was met with a torrent of yelled French swear words and the instructor would hit him. Well, smack him on the shoulder or something (side by side airplane) and call him names. My friend took it well, and most of the time couldn't stop himself from laughing because it was so over the top. I don't know if he learned much about flying the CAP 10, but he learned a lot of French swear words!
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Old 11-23-2017, 08:28 AM
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I did my transition training with Mike back in 2004 just before test piloting my newly built 7A. We used 666 and flew out of Mike's field in Vernonia to other fields in the area. He is Great and really had me well prepared for the task of being a test pilot. No better person to fly with.

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