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Building
an RV - Flight
Training
Consider This:
Before you hop in your new RV and slip
the surly bonds, ask yourself:
am I really ready ?
When your new airplane is ready to fly,
it’s time to sit in some quiet spot, put your ego on
the shelf and be brutally honest with yourself. You may
have spent years in the shop building instead of flying,
and although your airplane is ready to fly, you may not
be. There is no dishonor here. It’s just a fact of
life. But the desire to fly the airplane you’ve spent
so much time building is very strong, and it takes very
little justification to make the risk seem acceptable.
The airplane, however, doesn’t care at all about
justifications or excuses or expectations. The laws of
physics will not be repealed by wishful thinking.
If you have any reservations at all
about your flying skills, experience, or currency, why
jump into a high performance airplane that you’ve
never flown before and risk all that work and possibly
your life? Especially when there is an alternative.
Transition
Training
What It Is – and Isn’t:
Transition training is designed to convey the
basic knowledge required to fly an RV safely. According
to Federal regulations and insurance requirements, this
training is specific to transitioning pilots into the
RV. It is not intended to teach every possible skill or
nuance of RV flying, nor is it basic flight training,
general proficiency training, aerobatic training or
tailwheel endorsement training.
Who Qualifies for Transition Training?
Transition training in RVs is available only to
pilots who are building or who own RV aircraft. All
pilots seeking this transition training must be current
in other general aviation aircraft.
Who Provides Transition Training?
The instructors below are participating
in the Transition Training Program. They teach a
syllabus prepared in cooperation with Van’s Aircraft,
Inc. Others around the country also offer some services
and have proven acceptable to insurance companies.
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Mr. Mike Seager (Vernonia, Oregon)
Mike has built an RV-4 and an RV-6. He is the acknowledged dean of RV instructors and probably has more RV hours than anyone. Those hours include thousands of dual instruction given in the RV-6/6A, RV-7/7A and RV-9/9A. He is based in Scappoose, Oregon, a 10-minute flight or 40 minute drive from Van's. Mike flies the aircraft to major fly-ins two or three times a year, making stops at designated places along the route for a day or more to provide training.
Instruction from Mike is available in the RV-6A, RV-7, and RV-9/9A
(RV-4 and RV-8/8A pilots train in the RV-6A or RV-7).
Contact Mike between 7:00 am and 9:00 am Pacific Time.
Phone: 503-429-5103
e-mail: rv6cfi@hotmail.com
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Mr. Alex DeDominicis (Dallas / Ft. Worth, Texas)
Alex has built an RV-6 and an RV-10 and has flown almost
all RV types. He earned his CFII Multi engine in 1991 and instructed
ever since. He moved to Ft. Worth to work as an Air Traffic Controller
in 1994 and has been training and assisting RVers on a continual basis
since 2001. Due to his job schedule, Alex’s main training days are
during the week.
Alex uses either his 2-place 180 hp RV-6 or his 4-place 260 hp RV-10
both with a constant-speed propellers for training. For scheduling and
additional information contact Alex.
Phone: 972-775-1896
e-mail: alex@aircanopy.net
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Mr. Brian Moentenich ( Gresham, Oregon )
Brian has built an RV-6A which has been flying since 1997 and has
accumulated over 1,200 hours in it. He is a retired mechanical engineer
and earned his flight instructor certificate in 2007. Brian plans to
focus on providing transition training for pilots of RV-6A, RV-7A, RV-8A
& RV-9A airplanes. He lives in Gresham, Oregon (15 miles east of
Portland), and bases his RV-6A at Troutdale (KTTD). Since he is retired,
his training schedule is flexible.
Brian uses his 2-place 160 HP fixed pitch propeller RV-6A (N38155) for
training. For scheduling and additional information contact Brian.
Phone: 503-666-7518
Cell: 503-784-5754
e-mail: n38155@comcast.net
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