Quick backstory:
I received my tailwheel training from Jan Bussell when I only had 60 hours of fixed wing PIC time. Jan was outstanding and I consider myself very fortunate to have gotten a chance to learn from such a great instructor, God rest his soul. We did over 100 landings in 3 days (almost exclusive 3 point landings). He demonstrated a wheel landing and I made a few attempts, but certainly was not proficient.
Fast forward and I now have 175 hours of flying my RV6, however early on I started wheel landing exclusively. The landings worked but I never felt comfortable, even a bit stressed about landing the plane. I decided I would either sell the RV6 or get more training. I reached out to Bruce Bohannon and let me tell you I am incredibly happy that I made that phone call. I spent this past Saturday practicing 3 point landings at KLBX and even short landings at Bruce’s grass strip. We also did a bit of unusual attitude recovery which was a bunch of fun.
The moral of the story is you are never to old or to experienced to get some extra instruction. Bruce is certainly an aviation legend and super down to earth person. I will be going back for more unusual attitude recovery training. I highly recommend anyone who thinks they may need a refresher course, tailwheel endorsement, or some fun aerobatic training to give Bruce a call.
Funny side note: We landed to get some lunch and a young family at the airport restaurant asked me, “How high can you fly your plane?” I snickered and suggested they ask Bruce that question.
Thank you Bruce.
I received my tailwheel training from Jan Bussell when I only had 60 hours of fixed wing PIC time. Jan was outstanding and I consider myself very fortunate to have gotten a chance to learn from such a great instructor, God rest his soul. We did over 100 landings in 3 days (almost exclusive 3 point landings). He demonstrated a wheel landing and I made a few attempts, but certainly was not proficient.
Fast forward and I now have 175 hours of flying my RV6, however early on I started wheel landing exclusively. The landings worked but I never felt comfortable, even a bit stressed about landing the plane. I decided I would either sell the RV6 or get more training. I reached out to Bruce Bohannon and let me tell you I am incredibly happy that I made that phone call. I spent this past Saturday practicing 3 point landings at KLBX and even short landings at Bruce’s grass strip. We also did a bit of unusual attitude recovery which was a bunch of fun.
The moral of the story is you are never to old or to experienced to get some extra instruction. Bruce is certainly an aviation legend and super down to earth person. I will be going back for more unusual attitude recovery training. I highly recommend anyone who thinks they may need a refresher course, tailwheel endorsement, or some fun aerobatic training to give Bruce a call.
Funny side note: We landed to get some lunch and a young family at the airport restaurant asked me, “How high can you fly your plane?” I snickered and suggested they ask Bruce that question.
Thank you Bruce.