Suggestions for BFR

[AndyRV7]

I am in NJ and my previous instructor is not TW trained. Even though I haven't checked the reg's, I presume he should be at least competent in an RV-7 to check me out in it. So I am wondering what everyone else is doing. Are you finding local instructors, traveling to an instructor, other options?

Thanks. Andy

[jrs14855]

There are quite a few taildragger qualified instructors around that area. Van Sant in PA and Aeroflex Andover both do taildragger instruction. www.taildraggersinc.com maintains a list, but it is not very complete for your area.
There is no specific requirement for the instructor to have experience in a specific airplane. It mostly depends on the instructors comfort level.

[Vern]

For BFR :
Go to a local flight school and ask for the newest, youngest new CFI. Employ that person so you can learn the latest from a new CFI who is most current, and your experience will show him what experience looks like, and you will help encourage the next generation. It will be a win-win for both of you!
Vern

For checkout: You certainly need someone who has the skills already . No time for blind -leading -blind!

[Don]

I try to find a different instructor for every BFI. Different instructors seem to have a different take on what's important and switching up seems a way to not get in a rut. I tend to avoid the newest instructor - I had one of those as a student pilot and I really don't want another one! But that's my call - you make your call.

The other thing I do is figure out what my weakest point is and tell who ever I've chosen what it is a week or so in advance so they can grill me on it. Early on I got over my fear of stalls, another time we spent an hour doing nothing but dead stick landings and then another hour of air work with more dead stick landings interspersed. Over the years it's changed a lot but I always try to beef my weakest area(s) and then let them do what they're inclined to do. Unlike a lot of pilots I know, after 16 years with my license to learn, I have not learned it all.

[AndyRV7]

Originally Posted by Don

I tend to avoid the newest instructor - I had one of those as a student pilot and I really don't want another one!

That was my instructor. We missed a lesson or two because his mom's car wasn't available. But we both grew from it I guess.

[BobTurner]

Legally the cfi does not need to be TW rated if he does not act as PIC. e.g., your last review has not expired, you are current to carry passengers, you will not fly under ifr unless you yourself are rated and current, etc.
That being said, it's hard to imagine a cfi would not want to evaluate landings during a flight review, and that would be strange if he himself was not TW rated. But not illegal.

[Arlen]

A more wild thought....

Go to Winter Haven, Florida, to Jack Brown's, and add a seaplane rating in one of their Cubs on floats. It only takes 2 days.

I think that was the most fun Flight Review I ever completed.

Then, you can go back home and get your RV instructor to freshen up your skills there..

Have fun!

[60av8tor]

Originally Posted by Arlen

A more wild thought....

Go to Winter Haven, Florida, to Jack Brown's, and add a seaplane rating in one of their Cubs on floats. It only takes 2 days.

I think that was the most fun Flight Review I ever completed.

Then, you can go back home and get your RV instructor to freshen up your skills there..

Have fun!

This was my plan last year, but waited too long to schedule and couldn't get a date prior to my review. Definitely the plan for next year's FR.

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by AndyRV7

I am in NJ and my previous instructor is not TW trained. Even though I haven't checked the reg's, I presume he should be at least competent in an RV-7 to check me out in it. So I am wondering what everyone else is doing. Are you finding local instructors, traveling to an instructor, other options?

Thanks. Andy

Travel to an instructor and fly with him behind ADIZ hi Ted

[Isaac]

Looks like Fort Jefferson, in the Gulf of Mexico, west of Key West Fla