REFLECTOR:Re: Insurance Woes
Scott Derrick
reflector@tvbf.org
Wed, 07 May 2003 15:53:48 -0600
> checkout at the Factory is warranted. For the BFR, it's only an idea that a
> CFI with Velocity experience do the check out. It doesn't have to be at the
> Factory but a checkout by a CFI off the street that has little or no
> Velocity time is going to be far less valuable than a CFI that routinely
> flies in a Velocity.
I think this really depends on the instructor. I just did my BFR a few
weeks ago. I told the flight instructor I wanted a work out. He had
flown with me before and knew how a canard should fly but not more than
30 minutes stick time in mine.
I was beat by the time we were done. We did slow flight(climbing
descending, turns), power on stalls(canard), approach stalls(canard), 4
approaches under the hood with holding and full entry, emergency
descent, electrical failure, emergency gear extension, two power off
landings from the pattern. We read through almost the entire POH.
I felt like it was a fairly good BFR and probably as good as a factory
CFI would give if not better. It was 2.5 flight hours and 2 hours on the
ground.
Scott