You have all probably been through this before, but the RV aviation community continues to amaze me.
When I did a search for the closest tech counselor that is an RV owner, I came up with Jeff, The Spruce Moose. A couple of emails later he showed up and did his evaluation thing, gave many tips (especially gauging rivets), and gave me confidence to "enter the big order."
But there's more....
The decision of what to build may be one of the hardest things about the building process (nose, tail, tip, slide). I've done research and taken the Van's demo, but Jeff recognized that I would be making a big decision with a degree of ignorance not experience. He then arranged the ultimate demo flight for an educated decision.
A two ship consisting of a 6 tip up (The Spruce Moose) and a 7A slider (Drag) flying to lunch with a 9 builder along to make it 4 pilots in 2 planes with some stick time in each for me. Even included some take off's and landings in the tail wheel (my firsts).
But there's more...
As members of the Blackhawk Squadron, Jeff (The Spruce Moose) and Glenn (Drag) gave me my first taste of formation flying (and landings). Along the way, Jeff and Glenn demonstrated experienced pilot skills (including some "do not try this at home in your Cessna" flying); more fun and knowledge than can be described here.
This is not just another story of RVers going the extra naut mile to me. I owe more than thanks and lunch - this will not be soon forgotten.
"The big order" has been faxed in; delivery expected at Christmas.
T.S.
When I did a search for the closest tech counselor that is an RV owner, I came up with Jeff, The Spruce Moose. A couple of emails later he showed up and did his evaluation thing, gave many tips (especially gauging rivets), and gave me confidence to "enter the big order."
But there's more....
The decision of what to build may be one of the hardest things about the building process (nose, tail, tip, slide). I've done research and taken the Van's demo, but Jeff recognized that I would be making a big decision with a degree of ignorance not experience. He then arranged the ultimate demo flight for an educated decision.
A two ship consisting of a 6 tip up (The Spruce Moose) and a 7A slider (Drag) flying to lunch with a 9 builder along to make it 4 pilots in 2 planes with some stick time in each for me. Even included some take off's and landings in the tail wheel (my firsts).
But there's more...
As members of the Blackhawk Squadron, Jeff (The Spruce Moose) and Glenn (Drag) gave me my first taste of formation flying (and landings). Along the way, Jeff and Glenn demonstrated experienced pilot skills (including some "do not try this at home in your Cessna" flying); more fun and knowledge than can be described here.
This is not just another story of RVers going the extra naut mile to me. I owe more than thanks and lunch - this will not be soon forgotten.
"The big order" has been faxed in; delivery expected at Christmas.
T.S.
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