I have been working on my RV-7A for seven and a half years and it is literally within a few weeks of flying. My wife has been terrific in supporting me and the plane during the build. The big unanswered question that remained - was my wife going to like flying in an RV? Since she has never flown in anything smaller than a twin Otter this was a real question.
We both spent the past two days at Pierre Smith's; me for transition training and my wife for her first flight in an RV. Under Pierre's careful and skilful hand the transition training went very smoothly. I also have to thank him for being very gentle with my wife in her first exposure to RV's. Well I thought he was going to be gentle. Toward the end f her flight I heard the unmistakable sound of a wide open O-360 in the distance. You know, the sound of an RV making a high speed inspection pass down the runway to get verification that the gear was down and locked
This says it all:
We both spent the past two days at Pierre Smith's; me for transition training and my wife for her first flight in an RV. Under Pierre's careful and skilful hand the transition training went very smoothly. I also have to thank him for being very gentle with my wife in her first exposure to RV's. Well I thought he was going to be gentle. Toward the end f her flight I heard the unmistakable sound of a wide open O-360 in the distance. You know, the sound of an RV making a high speed inspection pass down the runway to get verification that the gear was down and locked
This says it all:
