diaretical
I'm New Here
Long time lurker here with my first post after years of pouring through the forums. Just wanted to take a moment after completing transition training with Bruce Bohannon down in Angleton, TX - it was worth every cent!
Despite being an LC-130 military pilot and having over 550 total hours in everything from the T-6 Texan II, T-1, C-130, and LC-130 skibird, I was still challenged in the RV-8. Bruce was an incredible instructor and didn?t sugarcoat anything. He?s your old school instructor type that tells you what you?re doing wrong and he won?t fill your head with feel good compliments (until you earn them).
Anyone thinking that they can just buy an RV-8 and take it flying just because you?ve flown an aerobatic T-6 II at UPT with the Air Force - you?re wrong. Don?t do it. Trust me. I almost scared myself out of buying an RV-8 during the first 3 flights. After about 10 hours, I felt confident and comfortable with landings, cross countries, and light crosswinds. I plan on slowly and cautiously expanding my envelope of acceptable crosswinds. Just because you can land a C-130 in 20+ knot gusty crosswinds doesn?t mean you can do it in an RV-8 (yet ).
Cheers and happy flying everyone!
-Dia
Despite being an LC-130 military pilot and having over 550 total hours in everything from the T-6 Texan II, T-1, C-130, and LC-130 skibird, I was still challenged in the RV-8. Bruce was an incredible instructor and didn?t sugarcoat anything. He?s your old school instructor type that tells you what you?re doing wrong and he won?t fill your head with feel good compliments (until you earn them).
Anyone thinking that they can just buy an RV-8 and take it flying just because you?ve flown an aerobatic T-6 II at UPT with the Air Force - you?re wrong. Don?t do it. Trust me. I almost scared myself out of buying an RV-8 during the first 3 flights. After about 10 hours, I felt confident and comfortable with landings, cross countries, and light crosswinds. I plan on slowly and cautiously expanding my envelope of acceptable crosswinds. Just because you can land a C-130 in 20+ knot gusty crosswinds doesn?t mean you can do it in an RV-8 (yet ).
Cheers and happy flying everyone!
-Dia