BillL
Well Known Member
I completed my transition training in the RV7 yesterday. Thanks to Mike this was very good week. Mike has tremendous patience, and amazing skills in the RV. We flew twice a day, at 8 and 1. The board work is just like the you tube video of Mike, although N477RV now has 38XX hours. The first flight is a T/O from his Vernonia grass field, and an orientation flight over to Scappoose. A full stop landing there and another T/O and back to Vernonia was perfect for me moving from a 172 and Aeronca Champ. Then the real training began.
We had some overcast on Wednesday and got a late start and after we ( Mike) checked all airports in the area I got the rare pleasure of watching Mike fly his R/C helios. Artful flips upside down and back and other flight maneuvers were performed until the batteries dropped down. Mike brought out his big one then did a repeat performance. He put the batteries on charge and we took a tour of his Ford Model T's then, as the sky began to allow departure, he spent 15 min filing and we did a 15 min IFR flight to SCP and completed the days training. The last day I needed 4.3 hours and we did it in two stints. I was bushed at the end of the week, but managed a big grin in front of my RV trainer.
Thanks to Mike Seager for his outstanding training manner and patience. This experience is highly recommended, if you don't already have some high performance aircraft experience. It was such a pleasure learning from Mike, but a shame I was ill equipped to learn more of what he could teach.
Mike and the helicopter:
Note the roofing tin on the floor, Mike never stops, this project was for extending the roof on his hangar, and progressed each day.
The RV grin - I am now signed off and ready to do my first flight in my own machine!
We had some overcast on Wednesday and got a late start and after we ( Mike) checked all airports in the area I got the rare pleasure of watching Mike fly his R/C helios. Artful flips upside down and back and other flight maneuvers were performed until the batteries dropped down. Mike brought out his big one then did a repeat performance. He put the batteries on charge and we took a tour of his Ford Model T's then, as the sky began to allow departure, he spent 15 min filing and we did a 15 min IFR flight to SCP and completed the days training. The last day I needed 4.3 hours and we did it in two stints. I was bushed at the end of the week, but managed a big grin in front of my RV trainer.
Thanks to Mike Seager for his outstanding training manner and patience. This experience is highly recommended, if you don't already have some high performance aircraft experience. It was such a pleasure learning from Mike, but a shame I was ill equipped to learn more of what he could teach.
Mike and the helicopter:
Note the roofing tin on the floor, Mike never stops, this project was for extending the roof on his hangar, and progressed each day.
The RV grin - I am now signed off and ready to do my first flight in my own machine!