UnPossible
Well Known Member
Hey - last week I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with Tom Berge outside of Minneapolis, MN learning how to fly the contraption that I have spent the last four years building.
I have to be honest, there was this little voice in my head that was concerned that with my low hours (~150), I would be a bit over my head..... and at first I was. The first half an hour or so, it seemed like I was all over the sky. Tom was very patient as we worked through all my "Cessna Driver" tendencies.
By our third flight, I was making pretty darn good landings.... By the time our sessions were done, I walked away knowing that while I still had alot to learn about flying a RV-7A, I had the skills to begin the learning process safely in my own plane.
A couple of days after I got back home, I finally took N964JB up by myself. I don't think that I've had my knees knock quite this bad since my first solo. However, once I got her up and trimmed out, it didn't take long to figure out that my plane flew remarkably like Tom's.
If anyone is looking for transition training in the Midwest region, I highly recommend putting a call into Tom....
Thanks,
Jason
I have to be honest, there was this little voice in my head that was concerned that with my low hours (~150), I would be a bit over my head..... and at first I was. The first half an hour or so, it seemed like I was all over the sky. Tom was very patient as we worked through all my "Cessna Driver" tendencies.
By our third flight, I was making pretty darn good landings.... By the time our sessions were done, I walked away knowing that while I still had alot to learn about flying a RV-7A, I had the skills to begin the learning process safely in my own plane.
A couple of days after I got back home, I finally took N964JB up by myself. I don't think that I've had my knees knock quite this bad since my first solo. However, once I got her up and trimmed out, it didn't take long to figure out that my plane flew remarkably like Tom's.
If anyone is looking for transition training in the Midwest region, I highly recommend putting a call into Tom....
Thanks,
Jason