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Originally Posted by Scott Hersha
Brian,
You’re in the Texas panhandle, a good thing. You have an excellent RV taildragger instructor in Houston - Bruce Bohannon. Bruce has an RV8 with full dual controls, and he’s one of the best for your tailwheel training. Training is the only thing separating you from safely operating an RV4.
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I should have mentioned this to begin with. By no means do my upcoming statements discount any other RV instructors....
When I bought my 8 (almost 2 years ago) I had flown around 30 different aircraft, had primary and advanced training from the navy, instructor pilot in the AV8B, USN test pilot school graduate, flown a cub, beaver, otter, MiG15, several fighters, helos, trainers, and so on, had type training from both American and United (Airbus and Boeing), USAF T38 training, and probably more I am forgetting. I have (and still am) been very fortunate in my aviation career, my timing has been impeccable. I needed transition training in order to get insurance. Well, someone mentioned Bruce as he lives close to me. He came recommended, but I didn't really do any research or look into him, I was trying to check the box and he fit the requirement. I wanted to be ready and I wanted to be able to safely fly my RV8 at my airport (which has a 23' runway that seems to always have crosswinds and more burbles than all CVNs combined). Hands down, best instructor I have had, both in and out of the cockpit. His knowledge of physics, aerodynamics, and how things work is incredible; but more importantly his ability to explain them was even more incredible. In the plane, he could feel accelerations long before I could (I always thought I had a well tuned ability to do this from my Harrier time). He doesn't sugar coat, doesn't pass people who aren't ready, and will not let people take him beyond his limits. He learned most everything he know about flying by application and doing, and living to fly another day. He is not free, but cost far less than it would to replace my 8.
I made a post with a review of my training here
https://vansairforce.net/community/s...d.php?t=165770