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JOHNTMEY(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: Insurance |
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Larry,
Once upon a time, Les Featherstone in Missouri was offering help ..., regarding getting checked out.
15 hours is a bit of a stretch. There is no Rocket that is a commercial unit so any time you get is courtesy of the owner and his good grace. Too bad the insurance co's are anal about this.
My rec (with disclaimer). Manage the risk ! Get time in RV-4, RV-6, -8, any RV tailwheel, any tailwheel, get a Rocket ride, F-1 ride.. and if you are feeling proficient... just go fly your Rocket 1st flight on a calm day. If you built it right and got everything torqued correctly, it will be a pussy-cat. You may end up flying 15 hours without totally being covered according to your carrier. Nevermind that you are a test pilot flying off 25 (or 50) hours of gov't required flight test program, investigating the envelope, finding Va, Vx, Vy and all sorts of stuff... which the insurance co never figured into their relevance. When you buy the insurance and sign the premium check, aren't you betting you will crash ? What will the cause be... engine quits ? Or will you screw up a landing ? If after you get some exposure in similar type,.. and you actually seriously think you are going to crash yours, better not fly it ...ever. (My disclaimer would be that I may be totally full of ****! )
I'm a CFI and have a Rocket with dual contols ... have put young pilots in the front seat, no biggie. But I don't do touch-and-goes nor actual instruction. The Rocket time is too valuable and too fleeting to measure. I barely meet your insurance co's time-in-type req (60 hrs) and I have been an owner-flyer for 18 months. If you come to the Olympic Peninsula, I'll give you 30 minutes and a couple landings, no charge except you buy lunch. You can probably find closer and more pertinent help around Colorado. Check with the RVers around DEN. Rich Winnick has F-1 but I doubt he would "rent" the beast. Others ?
Good luck... we hope to hear good things about your 1st flight.
JohnM N5800 Sequim, WA
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CalBru(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: Insurance |
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I trained for a couple of hours with Craig Fordam at Boulder City, NV in his Extra 300, then went up and spent some time in Scapoose, OR with Mike Seager--the RV CFI. I highly recommend him.
My first landing was still probably my best; I flew naked for 20 hours until I could qualify for insurance. I did not have an "hours with a CFI" requirement, which I now am confronted with in my new Bearhawk!
Cal
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